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Omalu is a doctor from Nigeria, working as a forensic pathologist in Pittsburgh. While working here he discovered a new and terrifying disorder that he named Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy also known as CTE. Omalu discovered CTE by performing an autopsy on retired NFL Pittsburgh Steeler, Mike Webster. Webster died at the age of fifty due to him losing his mind from brain damage. Omula figures out what has happened to Webster, the constant head injuries sustained in football. The shaking of the…

“Sending him home empty-handed at the end of a hard-fought season won’t help him learn the lesson of losing, it will teach him early that there’s no value in the attempt” (Zadrozny). Prizes such as trophies and ribbons are a controversial topic in society. Some believe that not enough are handed out to children while others believe that too many are handed out. Trophies are a symbol of victory and triumph, but children just want to feel part of a team even though they are not good enough.…

How CTE Affects the Brain Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative brain disease found in athletes, military veterans, and others with a history of repetitive brain trauma. In CTE, a protein called Tau forms clumps that slowly spread throughout the brain, killing brain cells. CTE has been seen in people as young as 17, but symptoms do not generally begin to appear until years after the onset of head impacts ( Ann McKee 1). Everyone that has CTE has something in common,…

his NFL narrative around Omalu, which effectively keeps us out of the room with the commissioner, Roger Goodell and out of any rooms of debate with the NFL (who will not acknowledge his research). Omalu new partner and former doctor for the Pittsburgh Steelers,Dr. Julian bates is granted that access while Omalu waits in hotel rooms and lobbies. The performances in Concussion are fine. But Concussion doesn’t really enter the game. It holds a clipboard on the…

The Rooney rule is a national football league policy that requires league teams to interview minority candidates for head coaching and senior football operation jobs. It is sometimes cited as an example of affirmative action, though there is no quota or preference given to minorities in the hiring of candidates (Axson). The Rooney rule was created in 2003. The rule is a form of affirmative action stating that National Football Teams or franchises have to interview a minority for executive of…

Intro Athletic Trainers are healthcare professionals who work with athletes that are looking to have injury and illness prevention, first aid, healing skills, and nutritional help. Athletic training is often confused with personal training. There is a big difference in the education, job duties, and patients of an athletic trainer, and a personal trainer. Athletic trainers provide physical medicine, healing back to good life, and preventative help. Athletic trainers also treat a Large number…

A fifty year old man huddles in an old pickup truck, his ankles are wrapped in old socks and rags that can be seen scattered throughout the truck. There is a half used role of duct tape that he uses to attach a pen to his gnarled hand while he writes. Words and incoherent sentences are scrawled across pages and pages of a yellow legal pad. All of the letters that he writes are directed to the NFL about problems that they have ignored, pushed aside out of greed for money. A light flickers in the…

sisters. Some videos that I found were of her doing the “ice bucket challenge,” dance videos, and a few other random videos that weren’t a big concern. She seems like she is very involved in sports, because under her sports she has Pittsburgh Pirates, Penguins, and Steelers, along with places she’s been includes those arenas. I also see that Halea likes Twilight and The Hunger Games books because she has them both listen in her movies and book “likes.” Some of the pros that I found about Halea…

improve and eventually earn the trophy. Nobody wants to walk away a loser, but it is important to experience that feeling. Once you have the experience of losing it will push you in the direction of wanting the win. James Harrison from the Pittsburgh Steelers said, “Just the other day I took my son's’ participation trophies away from them. I don’t want my boys to have a trophy until the day the boys earn a real trophy.” I completely agree with what James Harrison did. As a father he wants his…

Most would concur that businesses shouldn 't attempt to direct the enjoying some downtime moral or good lead of their representatives. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, was included for a situation with a 20-year old understudy who blamed him for sexually attacking her in a Georgia dance club. In spite of the fact that Roethlisberger was not charged, he was suspended for six games for damaging the NFL 's own behavior strategy. Occasions such as these can bring about a worker…