The video is a documentary who lives among the one percent. He has lived around wealth his entire life and has decided to document the wealth gap. He goes around interviewing people on both side of the spectrum to get their point of view on things. He gets into clubs using his family’s name and tries to interview his father various times but he declines even though he himself made a film about the poverty in Africa when he was younger. What stood out to me was that the average one percenter…
If you are one of the most avid fans of football, you might find it too common to see your favorite football players suffer foot injuries that will inhibit them to play for a part - or even the whole - of the football season. Let us take the case of Ben Roethlisberger for example. Being the Steelers' star quarterback, he should be formidable, right? However, that is not the case as Roethlisberger suffered a major injury last year known as the Lisfranc injury. Fortunately enough, as there are…
According to Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the NFL says that ¨the league is more safer than it has been over the past thirteen years¨ but during the games there have been times that the players deliver heavy hits to the head and they just get up like if it's nothing. Not to mention, they start to forget what happened the last twenty four hours and also begin to start vomiting, which can lead to a concussion protocol and end their football career for good if they get more than three…
Too many athletes are dying from brain diseases such as depression caused by having multiple concussions. Some may say that’s true, but doctors and other medical professionals are currently researching and exploring this issue. While yes they are researching the topic, it is what researcher are doing with their information. The NFL has a new three and out rule to help aid players so they will not suffer from too much damaged caused by having at least three concussions. The argument that they are…
Donald Williams Mrs. Blamey English 10 July 17, 2016 The Patriots The Patriots’ punishment for allegedly deflating the footballs during the Super Bowl is wrong because the balls were only deflated in the first half of the game, all professional sports teams cheat, and because the Patriots were the overall better team. In the 2014 Super Bowl against the Indianapolis Colts, the New England Patriots were accused of fixing the game to their advantage. There was evidence that the Patriots did…
those who served and protect our country and for those who are still doing so. Recently, many NFL (National Football League) players have oppose to stand for the National Anthem. In 2016 Colin Kaepernick, who played football for the San Francisco 49er’s, started a protest trend to kneel for the National Anthem. Kaepernick's not standing for the National Anthem, influenced other football players and brought more attention to this topic in current times. Colin Kaepernick is a strong believer in…
their life. This period of my life began in middle school but I didn’t recognize it until I got to high school and played football for Luke Amstutz. I will be forever great for what he did to me that year, he played a huge role in how I became a man. Coach Amstutz had two really big rules for his football teams; the first one was be a man. He always preached to us that football wasn’t a sport for boys, it was a sport for men. He said this because a man is accountable, he knows when he messes up…
baseball, football, basketball, and soccer. Now, there is a conflict among people in the United States about who should be paid more. The two jobs are United States military personnel and pro sport players. In my opinion, I choose that pro players should be payed more and I will show why. One of the biggest reasons is that pro sport players need to pay for their insurance. Insurance that covers if they get a minor or major injury. There are hundreds of players who get hurt in their sport…
spent plenty of his time outdoors and enjoying sports along with his siblings Eddie and Pam Payton. He attended John Jefferson highschool and later Columbia highschool, where he played football for 3 years. When he graduation, Walter chose to follow within the footsteps of his older brother Eddie and played football at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississipi. He majored in communication and excelled on the gridiron as a tailback , finishing fourth in the vote for the Heisman Trophy in…
The topic of head injuries is one of the most controversial topics in the sports field. The repercussions that occur because of concussions lead some people to believe that a player that acquires a concussion should have to sit out until the injury fully heals. This argument is fully supported by scientific and physical evidence that has been obtained from real life players with concussions. Going back directly into play after getting a concussion is exceedingly dangerous seeing as an injury…