American Football Conference

My love for football is unreal. I of course love watching football, but I love playing football more. When I was eleven I started playing football for the pop warner team. Pop warner is a football team to start out the younger kids. We had a little team of Indians, and we were the best little guys out on the field. I have stuck with football and still play to this day. What is crazy is not only I have stuck with football, but most of the team I first started playing…

we’ll get it checked out.” Mr. Coyne, whose concussions came not just from football but from hitting his head on a pole standard during a high jump and from rough-housing in the locker room, said that this, his junior year, was the first in which he felt symptom-free and did not have to rely on extensive accommodations. He is majoring in political science and economics, and longs to return to sports. But his football days are over, and he hasn’t been medically cleared for his next choice,…

A lot of kids who play youth sports play just for fun, which is great, but a lot of kids also play to get good, and play in college. When most people picture this they think of football or basketball, but it could be swimming, field hockey, or equestrian. Now, sometimes people go a bit overboard, but a burning desire to do well is mostly a good thing. People today that have played and are retired or people surrounded by the game…

high school varsity football team was my second family for three years and even longer because I had grown up with most of these guys. Throughout my high school career, they were there for me through hardships and struggles that came with being a student-athlete. My team was a normal group of guys who cared about each other and supported one another, but as high school football players, there are misconceptions that many people have including that we hate everyone on the football team and that…

In 1920, women were promised the right to vote. In 1965, African-Americans were given the right to vote. For 239 years, people have been given a voice to speak out and give their opinions. It is stated in the State of the Union speech that we have this right. In Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech, “From the Four Freedoms”,…

At the beginning of this semester, there were many goals that I need to accomplish for this semester. My goals consisted of making a 3.7 GPA, working on my writing skills, get involved around campus, manage my money, and become better at planning. When writing down these goals, I also wrote extra details on how to achieve those goals. My first goal was to make at least a 3.7 GPA. I felt that if I studied enough I could pull off this GPA. For one of my details of getting a 3.7 GPA, was that I…

think about was being on the football field. In my mind, every second I wasted sitting in class was another second I was not on the field. Realizing that I wanted to be on the football field instead of in the classroom caught up to quicker then I could realize. Being in high school was the closes feeling I had to being famous, everyone knew me, and I knew everyone. However, playing on the field I knew nobody besides my opponent. After the first year of high school football, I realized that my…

insufficient to cover the costs of the claims (Belson 1). For many years the NFL has denied the fact that there was a connection with football and long term neuro conditions. One specific study that was conducted by scientist at University of North Carolina and also another study at the University Of Michigan showed increases rates of dementia and other cognitive decline in football players and this is shown since the NFL has softened its…

I went on a visit to the University of Oklahoma, we walked around campus visiting with other students and faculty, I attended a football game that day as well it was a very exciting, so now at this point I am very eager to take my talents to Oklahoma. I disliked certain subjects in school, let me clarify that statement, I hated certain subjects in school so I would take classes in…

From a young age, I always loved playing football; being out on the field is one of the best feelings ever. The adrenaline, hearing the crowd cheering, scoring touchdowns; it a rush that goes through my veins and I cannot get enough of it. I would play because I enjoyed it, but I had no idea how the simple game of football would change my life for the better. Growing up I used to see my friends come home from little league practice everyday on school days and that really used to make…