History of American Football Essay

Competitive sports are by far and wide the most popular entertainment source in the world and have been since almost always. Whether you are a soccer fan, spell better than anyone around, or would jump in a frantic joy as your favorite football team scores that touchdown. Mankind has always had this burning passion to be competitive with one another. This is a phenomenon that has, still is, and will probably last forever. What can we say games are fun! Also, whether you are playing or viewing…

into the endzone and the opposing player had caught it. Touchdown. We stood there, frozen and confused about what just happened and walked back to the locker room with our heads down. Sports have always been a big deal in my town, especially football. The Alumni that stayed around town talk about the game all week leading up to the next. How the team should’ve done this or that and how it would be different if they…

I Believe In Role Models I believe that everyone should have a role model to look up to. I was watching my brother play varsity high school football against their rival, Garner-Hayfield. Since it was his senior year, it was my brother’s last time facing Garner, so I knew it was going to be a heck of a game. The stands were completely full, and the fences surrounding the field were packed. I’ve never seen anything like it before; the whole town was at the game. The teams were warming up to play…

as a story about surviving high school. Charlie, is counting down the days until he graduates. Charlie is an introvert; on the first day of school he had not made any friends. Charlie meets seniors, Sam and Patrick, step-siblings, at a high school football game; they become inseparable. Charlie opens up to his new friends about being hospitalized after his best friend committed suicide the year before. During the school year Charlie becomes close friends with Sam and Patrick’s group of friends,…

College athletics have gained extensive popularity among Americans over the past few decades. This has resulted in an increase in cash flow for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The enormous amount of money being made off of college sports has led to the question whether students should be getting paid for their performance. The NCAA, as a whole, makes $6 billion annually. But the players themselves don’t get a dime of the money. These athletes devote about 43.3 hours per week…

If a person is looking for a book about football, this one is for them. If somebody is looking for a book about steroids, this one is for them. If somebody is a strange individual looking for a read that depicts the downfall of someone who has been caught using steroids, goes through depression, and loses everything he worked for, this one is for that individual. Gym Candy was my choice this month because I needed something that would keep me interested, and thrilled. The beginning of the book…

Millions of high school football players risk their future lives on the football fields under the lights on Friday nights. Their parents have either decided that the amusement of playing football either outweighs the risks that may occur, or they do not even think the sport is as dangerous as most think. Therefore, brain injuries have become a troubling topic of discussion in the NFL today. Football players use their helmets as weapons for a playing advantage on the football field. Due to…

Safety of Starting Sprint Positions in American Football In “What is the Safest Sprint Starting Position for American Football Players?,” a scientific research article, authors Bruno Bonnechere, Benoit Beyer, Marcel Rooze, and Jan Serge Van Sint explain their elaborate plan to find the safest sprint starting position for American football players. Three starting sprint positions are used in the experiment: 4-point, 3-point, and 2-point positions (Bonnechere, Beyer, Rooze, Sint, 2014).…

Football is a tough sport. It seems as if every time a game is played there is at least one or two hard hits, sometimes even more. We, as spectators, instinctively admire these hits, but rarely think about the long term effects that the players might face from such hits. This is largely due to the fact that spectators are blinded by coaches, officials, and players from the serious side effects and repercussions. Only recently has the public population found that there are more harsh and serious…

Kemal was once a youth athlete with the dreams of becoming a NFL football player. To become successful at his dream he said “it took many sacrifices to get here. Hard work, motivation, and mental toughness is what got him to the NFL. A lot of us mention hard work but not everybody does it. He has been playing the game of football since he was 10 with his older brother as a coach and role model. Kemal explained how when his friends from school would…