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Psychological Context: Tackle football at a young age diminishes the brain, creating severe long-term side effects. Football should be safer as it is becoming a more popular sport. The risks of players experiencing head trauma needs to decrease or non-existent. Thesis: Athletes who began playing tackle football before the age of 12 had more behavioral and cognitive problems later in life than those who started playing after they turned 12 Evidence: 1.A study shown by the University of Boston…

Technology such as clothing and equipment development, sporting facilities and stadium development, video and computer games and more have had a huge impact on football. Officiating a football match includes consulting a third referee and replay technology. A third referee is a person that would be referred to if the umpires could not resolve a problem. For example if a player may have touched the ball with their hand. Then replay technology was bought in. Before this technology numerous of…

ALS and CTE: Its Impact on Society Concussions and head trauma have had a huge impact on the sports world, impacting the lives of many athletes by altering their state of mind. Basketball, baseball, football, soccer, boxing, and swimming are just a few examples of sports that continue to impact society in today’s world due to the amount of injuries that individuals receive. Head injuries, such as concussions and head trauma, need to be dealt with great care and precision. If an athlete is…

Professional sports is not too risky for anybody.Professional sports can be fun and interesting to play or watch. One reason that it's not too risky is that they are trying to produce better protective gear such as NFL; they are trying to make better football gear for it's players. With new safety and protective gear you can count on, there is no reason to be worried. Also if there is more research being done on brain injuries, there could also be a chance there would be less injuries or…

Concussions in sports are the most common head injury. It is also extreme when they occur in Youth Sports. They take place in a variety of sports too. How they occur and the symptoms, the grades/levels of concussions there are, and what people are doing to prevent the rapid increase of concussions each day are just three of many questions most people don’t know how to answer correctly. This head injury takes place by a violent blow or shaking of the head. They’re extremely common in contact…

actually very dangerous. It is widely known that you can sprain your ankle, break a bone or even get a concussion, all in the name of the sport; however, many are unaware of or overlook that fact that something such as a concussion or repeated hits to the head can lead up to a deadly disease known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). CTE, defined by the Concussion Foundation is a “degenerative brain disease found in athletes, military veterans, and others with a history of repetitive brain…

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…

How Many Fingers Am I Holding Up? A boy aged 12, was in the goal, when suddenly a ball came soaring towards him. He lunged for it to stop the ball from hitting the net, but just then he hit the goal post square in the head. He had to be picked up by the ambulance and was sent to the hospital. He had a minor concussion and was ok after a couple weeks. According to the text, “How can we keep young soccer players safe?” it states, “The study found that for every 10,000 “athlete exposures" --…

It is theorized that the mechanism of a concussion involves a person’s head experiencing a sudden movement typically after an impact that causes the brain to be jolted. The skull moves first and then the brain catches up to the skull which causes an oscillation back and forth. It is thought that the brain moves very little…

continuous decay of brain tissues, which was caused by concussions (Gasper, 2013). • Derek Boogaard was a former NHL enforcer whose brain showed signs of neurodegenerative disease which can be linked to repeated head trauma (Press, 2011). • NHL players that take several blows to the head may lead to concussions (Staff, 2013). • Concussions are a type of traumatic injury which is caused by a hit, or mainly any type of injury that causes the brain to be shaken inside the skull (HealthWise, 2014).…