American football

From the start of my four year commitment to football and marching band I saw leadership all around me. My first summer of football my freshman year the seniors were prime examples of leadership. They were right there to correct form on our lifts, blocks, and set the overall example of what it meant to be a Mead football player. Later that summer I threw in marching band camp to my agenda. The drum major, my sister, lead the band with kept the entire band in order, and worked with us until our…

When someone comes up to you and asks, “What do you think of Ray Lewis,” what comes to mind? Was he an amazing football all-star or someone who got away with murder? I look at him as a loving father, great sports host, and a legend on the field. Hopefully by reading this paper you will join my side and look at him as one of the greatest defensive backs ever to step foot onto a football field. It all started on May 15, 1975 in a small town called, Bartow, Florida where a legend in the making was…

I believe that soldiers did not die just so people can decide who is more American than others. I believe they died fighting for our right to live freely and truly. I believe they died so that we would not have men tell us what to do and how to be a patriot. They fought for the best thing about America: freedom. There is nothing more simple and more inalienable than our right to express our thoughts and to be free. That is why I find it ridiculous Donald Trump wants players fired for expressing…

The movie Head Games directed by Steve James, is a documentary that’s primary argument is to get the audience more aware of the issue of chronic traumatic encephalopathy and how it is linked with football and other taxing sports. Football has many collisions amongst players that looks like it could do some permanent harm. According to Head Games it will. They use evidence that seems to be pretty reliable; four out of every 5 players they check had chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Their argument…

Playing a high-school sport in this time period can be very demanding. You are constantly fighting the battle between what would make my coach happy and what would make me a better person. Should I help the person who tripped get up, or take the ball and run, leaving them lying on the ground? This advertisement is a scene of someone making that decision. It's not your normal, everyday athlete either. It's someone who struggles to do things on their own but can figure out that they need to help…

As in 2011, Under Armour has an estimated 2.8 percent market share in the multi-segment retail market for sports apparel and active wear in the United States. The company comes in third place in terms of market share, which is right after Nike’s 7 percent and Adidas’ 5.4 percent market share. Under Armour’s net revenue is heavily based on its sales in North America, which makes up about 94 percent of its net revenue, while the net revenues in other foreign countries only make up for 6 percent.…

The idea of using biosensors to fight against TBI and concussion has been the inspiration for many types of research. Ouckama et al., 2010 used the force-sensing resistor to test the effectiveness of wearing a helmet (Ouckama 2010). Sport-helmets are believed to secure the head and surrounding tissue against impact. They are regulated by different agencies like ISO and ASTM International. With stimulation studies using the 3D Finite Element Analysis (FEA), a clear evidence of how much these…

Most people think that football is the most prone sport to concussions, but researchers from Northwestern University and Wake Forest University have discovered that it is actually fourth on the list, behind girls soccer, girls volleyball, and girls basketball. So why are we only focusing on football instead of these other concussion prone sports. I think that football should not be dropped as a high School sport. First of all, football is really important to any high school. David Geier, an…

aims to discuss a former National Football League player overcoming a seemingly irreversible injury during his professional career. I selected this non-fictional book because it reminds me of the days when I participated in football in high school and how fortunate I was to be able to walk away from the sport with no severe injuries, as many do. I was constantly reminded of the freak accidents endured by so many individuals while engaging in the sport of football that either left an athlete with…

more high school injuries are occuring from football. Take Andre Smith (17) for example. He was hit hard on the last play of an October 22 game against Chicago Vocational High School and died of a traumatic head injury. Tyrell Cameron (16) died after his neck was broken on a punt return. Evan Murray (16) died of a lacerated spleen. Last year 11 players died from on field injuries. (Tribune) This is a common occurrence in football and this is why football should be banned from high schools. 99%…