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    the Pro Football Hall of Fame back in 2004. The next player is John Elway. John was a football and baseball player at Granada Hills High School in Los Angeles, California. As Elway career continued he attended Stanford University to play football. He was a talented quarterback who went on to throw for over 9,000 yards and set five major NCAA Division I-A records during his four years at Stanford, finishing second in the Heisman Trophy balloting as a senior. As Elway was playing football, he…

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    Concussions are a very serious, non-visible injury that involves some type of trauma of the brain. In sports, there are higher chances of someone sustaining a concussion. Since concussions are non-visible, trainers and doctors rely on people to report whether they think they may have sustained a concussion or not. Symptoms vary from person to person, and sometimes symptoms may not show up until 24 hours later. Without the proper treatment and recovery period, if someone were to sustain a…

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    Trojan football you normally see juniors and seniors out on the field underneath all of the lights. But two years ago a sophomore had a chance to play varsity football due to a knee problem with the center. That problem moved the slow tackle to fill the centers spot opening a starting position for this new sophomore who's first game was against the Milbank Bulldogs. Well that sophomores was and still is me, I have a been a two way starter for three years now and throughout my years of…

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    Youth football has been part of American sports for many decades. As I was sitting in class pondering a topic, I suddenly came upon the idea to tackle the question which as of late is a popular one. Is youth football a healthy sport to be played by our youth? I have a nephew 13 years old currently playing the sport, which by the way I myself refused to play. Most recently during a game which I had attended at Northview middle school where my nephew goes, a teammate of my nephew was going through…

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    In high school, I played football. It was my identity. My days were scheduled around practice, my weeks were scheduled around the Friday night game, and my months were scheduled around the football season. My friends were football players. My mentors were football coaches. My heroes were football legends. I did not, in other words, have a whole lot else going on. I thought it was a strangely cruel twist of fate that my career ended with a severed ACL in the first game of my senior year. When you…

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    Jerry Jones biggest risk was taken when he created the new stadium for the Dallas Cowboys back in 2009 which is now recognized as the glorious AT&T stadium. When designing the stadium, Jerry Jones knew what would appeal to the fans. He designed the stadium under his view on professional sports and was able to create an entertainment mecca for the city of Arlington, Texas (12). In 2013, Jerry Jones signed over the naming rights of the stadium to AT&T because he knew this would be good for the…

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    may occur if a concussion should arise such as Anxiety, attention problems, balance, behaviour problems, brain fog, cognitive decline, depression, language and speech difficulties, memory and learning problems, movement disorder and sleep problems. Football players that wear helmets have either chosen to wear them or they have been advised to wear them because of previous head injuries,…

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    Imagine how it must feel to get hit in the head so hard, that the diagnosis is a concussion; a bruise of the brain; truly traumatizing, isn’t it? When is getting a concussion alright for you, is it okay when you’re young and your neck and brain are still in development or when you’re older and your body is all beat up and used; which one? Definition of Concussion: Acceleration and/or deceleration of the brain within the skull (Collins). Symptoms of Concussions: Physical symptoms - headaches,…

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    Polly Shulman’s article “Blowing the Whistle on Concussions” focuses on care to be taken by athletes in case of a concussion. Shulman introduces his topic by telling the story of hockey player Eric Lindro who obtained a concussion in a game that he did not recover well from. Finishing the season with four concussions, six total in the past two years, Lindro was forced to retire prematurely. Shulman then goes on to state that thousands of high school athletes have had the same problems as Lindro.…

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    How accurate is the story behind the movie Concussion on team player care management It’s no coincidence the sport of Football is America’s number one sport; we as American’s love to watch athletes compete against each other at the highest level possible especially when it comes to a physical aspect of competing. When it comes to playing the sport of football, you have to realize there’s huge risks that come with it. Due to all the physical contact, injuries such as concussions, spinal…

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