National Football League

agree that football is the most entertaining sport to watch. Each fall as football takes place, fans crowd from places as far as London and Paris all the way to the home turf of football, America. Football as a sport is extremely enjoyable to watch due to the fact that it is action packed, the environment is intense as…

Particularly center stage, are those sports related injuries involving significant hits and blows to the head. Researchers have become very keen in the matters of concussions and are working on a way to solve the issue. Players, parents, fans, and the leagues themselves have taken on the responsibility to make sports safer. Concussions are now being studied more, new diseases are being found, and new safety precautions are taking place. Yet, many will argue that there is not enough being done.…

There are many perks of being a football player and one of them is money. The NFL has changed lives with the amount they pay their players. The average NFL player makes 2 million per year while that may seem like a lot, the elite players like Ben Roethlisberger who ”made 49 million last year.” If I can develop into the top defensive tackle in the league my financial situation will be good for the rest of my life. Managing the money thou will be important, because according to Forbes magazine…

When it comes to parenting and football I believe that parents need to be responsible for their child’s wellbeing. I thought Kim Gorgen’s talk about head injuries was very insightful. If I were a parent watching her video, I would surely have second thoughts about my child playing any kind of contact sports. On the other hand, I have to wonder if all parents go to the extreme of not letting their children play football. Would the NFL even exist in 20 years? In the future would there be only…

Have you ever thought of how football came to be? Many people think that football was invented recently, but you would be surprised to hear that it was invented a long time ago. Did you know that football was not invented in America. Many people think that as well. Football is believed to come from the Greek game of harpaston. Harpaston was known to be very rough like football. To score in harpaston, you had to get the ball across a goal line. More modern football came from England. It…

Is football too dangerous? The sport of football has faced a lot of criticism do to the increase in concussions, and the fact that some former players have encountered many diseases or memory loss, because of these concussions,but some believe that the sport is not too dangerous and that there are sports worse than football when it comes to concussion ratings. Many believe that football should be expelled from society, because of the many dangers of the sport, others believe that there…

rink etc. a person knows what kind of injuries can occur. One of the main sports that has many injuries would be football. Football is a worldwide sport and it is a popular event from high school all the way to the professional league or commonly known as the NFL. The people in these organizations look past what the risks are for playing football because it brings so much joy. Football involves a lot of violent contact and there is many times in the sport where a person will suffer scary blows…

The Football Hall of Fame is an honorable place for athletes that have participated, or are currently in the NFL (National Football League). Being in the Hall of Fame would not only make a Football player feel accomplished, but it only makes them do better in life. Furthermore, the Hall of Fame has over 17 different locations in the USA (United States of America). According to Ray Lewis (Who is a Hall of Famer), he thinks the Hall of Fame is a fantastic place to be inducted to and is a…

compare brands of football helmets and what kind of force they can encounter. The studies were drop tests with the helmets and then with force sensors inside the helmet. All different types of popular helmets were tested; such as, Riddell Revolution, adams a2000, and more. It was found that the Adams a2000 helmet provided the best protection against concussions.…

Dear Roger Goodell and the NFL Players association, How are you going to turn football into a safer sport in the eyes of the players and the eyes of the public? There has been a lot of criticism on the NFL stand with concussions, and it is well deserved. In 2015, there were 199 players that were concussed and had to take participate in the concussion protocol. The number was a huge increase from 2014, where there was 123 players that had a concussion during the 2014 NFL season. I’m writing…