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    can football affect young kids in the long run if they do play? What are some possible injuries a young football player can get? What improvements need to be made to football equipment to make it safer? What percentage of football injuries are concussions? How can football affect young kids in the long run if they do play? Playing football when I was a kid was amazing. It was a fun experience and gave me a lot of character to help me be who I am now. It can also cause serious injury. According…

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    With about 300,000 sports-related concussions occurring each year in the United States (1), one would think that a protocol for such an injury that occurs in the head would be taken with much more vigorous analysis, especially given that this discomfiture, bringing aftereffects of confusion and/or temporary incapacity to the athlete, could inevitably cause brain damage, or even worse. It should be supported to supply the brain, and body, ample time in order for it to heal completely, prior to…

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    In the self-composed drama, “Concussion”, Will Smith is Dr. Bennett Omalu, a Nigerian forensic pathologist who discovers a disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is commonly associated to football players who were exposed to recurrent violent blows to the head, depending on their position in the field. While working at the Pittsburgh coroner's office, Dr. Bennett comes across the dead body of the former Pittsburgh Steelers center, Mike Webster, who died miserably in his…

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    broken leg, arm, and other body parts as well. A sport such as football is one of the most physical sports played this day and with a sport so physical concussions in football became more of a question for safety. Starting in 2009 more and more players were being put out of the game because they believed they had a concussion. Receiving a concussion while playing football can cause long and short term health problems. Such as memory loss, anger, forgetfulness, slower brain functions and many…

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    With concussions being on the rise, many parents have taken their children out of contact sports. The concussion topic has been very thoroughly discussed over every state in the United States, along with other countries all over the world. Contact sports should be played whether they are dangerous or not. In life, athletes will face many risky situations, many of those situations happening during an athletic event. While concussions are a risk in nearly all sports, the benefits from sports…

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    getting knocked out, and losing consciousness. Minutes later you get back up and are told to get right back on the field to play again. The National Football league has been plagued for years by concussion controversy. In the NFL (National Football League) there are way too many concussions. A concussion is a temporary unconsciousness caused by a blow to the head. Almost every form of play involves some form of head to head contact. Too many head hits can ruin a player’s life. It can change a…

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    Concussions are one of the worst bodily accidents you can sustain. They make you feel woozy, they make you need to put down and sleep for a few days. You begin to overlook very simple things. things inclusive of in which you stay or the car you drive. i have had 3 concussions in my lifetime, at the same time as gambling football I understand what it's miles like and why the NFL have to be taking extra precautions so humans can avoid struggling a concussion. Concussions are form of a debatable…

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    In recent history there has been a significant problem with concussions in sports, especially football. Concussions are violent blows to the head that could seriously damage brain activity. This has been an issue a lot recently because there is a large controversy over former collegiate and professional football players filing Class Action Lawsuits against their respective leagues. These Class Action Lawsuits are for benefits for former players due to negligence of players’ health by the…

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    the head during a season. Concussions have been a major issue in sports, and now since several people play them, more people are affected by them. Which has an effect on them in the long run. Sports are causing concussions in major sports organizations and sub leagues. To stop this from happening different rules were created, such as rules changed in younger divisions to protect developing minds because of the new information shown by research. The problem of concussions is mainly negatively…

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    During a concussion, there is a release of a metabolic cascade of neurotransmitters, which causes stretching of cell membranes and neuro axons (Shrey et al., 2011). Neurotransmitters are essentially the highways the brain uses to process information (Willis, 2010). Subsequently there is also an increase of potassium released into the brain tissue, which requires to body to use more energy to establish a balance; during which, there is a slowing of cerebral blood flow, and the brain must…

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