Football

When I first played high school football, I was a tiny freshman who was lost and too self- centered to see the good football would bring to me. Now I believe football has shaped me into a man. It has taught me to be aware of my surroundings. It has taught me to listen and respect my coaches. It has taught me brotherhood with my teammates. I would be a wingman and get stuck with the ugly fat chick with a third eye any day for my brothers. It has taught me to fight for others on my team. It has…

In American Football you have many different phases of the game. Defense is one of those phases. In earliest decades of football competition pro football coaches stacked the line with approximately nine-seven and six defense fronts to stop opponents from heavy running of their day. In the 1940s, in National Football League (also known as NFL) coach name Greasy Neale alter the nine-seven-six defense into five man fronts and four men secondary that was successful in defending the run and pass. By…

Is It Worth It? Football is considered by many to be the number one sport in America. It is enjoyed by millions from little league all the way to the National Football League (NFL). As exciting as football is to watch, it is no denying that it is a high-impact and physically dangerous sport that can lead to many serious injuries. There is one such contact sport injury that can be more severe than many other sports-related injuries. What is the culprit? It is a concussion. Concussions are usually…

Many can view American football as a modern day example of cultural evolution. Cultural evolution being the idea that human cultural change can be paralleled with Darwin’s evolutionary process of evolution, meaning we being humans can culturally grow and mature as we evolve through the decades. Many cultural evolutionists have this conception of sports being tied with cultural evolution when looking at how modern day sports, like football, can be viewed as a more civilized version…

Football is a tough sport. It seems as if every time a game is played there is at least one or two hard hits, sometimes even more. We, as spectators, instinctively admire these hits, but rarely think about the long term effects that the players might face from such hits. This is largely due to the fact that spectators are blinded by coaches, officials, and players from the serious side effects and repercussions. Only recently has the public population found that there are more harsh and serious…

When comparing professional and college football even though they are the same sport they are different in their own ways. Professional is a chance for a player to have a career and make money, while college is a chance for a player to make a name for themselves. Although professional has football sunday and super bowl parties, it doesn 't offer the same ambiance as college football. College football is all about tailgating, rivalry, and trying to find tickets for the next big game. Money is a…

Soccer Paper The Country Of Football produced by editors Paulo Fontes, and Bernardo Buarque compliles some of the most recent research on football (soccer) in the diverse country of Brazil. From the cultural impact, to the political significance of the role soccer played throughout Brazil, and the rest of South America, The Country Of Football details and explores many topics such as upward mobility through soccer, racism and miscegenation, the role in industrialization and workers rights, as…

Risk Factors of Football Types of Risk Factors Internal Injuries Concussions ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) External Injuries Lacerations What are the risk factors of football? The name itself sends jitters of excitement down the spines of Americans. It is a sport loved by almost everyone. From its famous quarterbacks to wide receivers, Americans adore this sport more than any other. This sport, as the pride of Americans, is football. Alongside the fun and jubilance, football tends to…

States today, is football. The National Football League games are watched by millions of people during the football season. A football player mainly plays on one of three subsets of the team. The subsets of a football team are the offense, the defense, and the special teams. Although all of these subsets are important to a team, there are differences. The offense is the part of the team who has the ball at any given point in the game. Most of the points scored in football are scored by the…

Popularity plays a big role in college football being better than pro football. In 2015, there have been more viewers watching college football games than pro games. Here is a fact, in 2015, the New Year's Six college football bowls had more viewers than the top six most viewed NFL playoff games (Adgate). On December 31, 2014, and January 1, 2015, six major college football bowls took place on ESPN (Linshi). The six included the inaugural college football playoff semifinal games and four…