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    function as well as it use to. There are hordes of kids in high school who end up playing high school four out of 1,000 players are exposed that resulted in an injury moreover, in college is is 8 out of 1,000 players are exposed to an injury. In addition, source 1 states that high school football players are twice likely to experience an injury, they sustained a…

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    Essay On Head Trauma

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    Head trauma and contact sports often go hand in hand. Contact sports such as football, soccer, boxing, and rugby involve major head collisions and are associated with high rates of concussions. Repeated head traumas are likely to cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which can be described as the degeneration of the brain. CTE has similar signs as other nerve damaging diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s diseases. Initially, there was a lack of research pertaining to…

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    decision to let him play? I would prefer to not be put in that situation in the first place. I would not allow my son to play football, because it may cause serious brain damage, bodily injuries, and death. Football is a one of the most popular sports in the United states, and leads all other sports in the amount of injuries sustained in young people. In the article “Mike Webster’s autopsy ‘one of the most significant moments in the history of sports’” by Tyler Drenon, Webster’s brain was…

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    High Impact Injuries

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    Have you had an high impact injury before? Believe it or not football has a lot of pretty bad injuries. There needs to be more scientific research because these injuries and can cause CTE, can result in death, and can cause concussions. First, more should be done to prevent these injuries from leading to serious illnesses. CTE is a brain disease caused by repetitive head trauma. CTE is very serious, it can lead to depression, aggression, impulse-control problems, memory loss, and dementia…

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    and I would be very surprised to see it go. With all the injuries and all together laziness if you’re just sitting around watching it, is it really worth it? There are many, less harmful sports you can get together for or just get involved in a hobby. There are just too many risks in the sport to just use it to feel united with fellow friends and family. In conclusion, football is too dangerous. It puts the players at risk for head injuries, or sprains and broken bones. Which should definitely…

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    Goike Page 2 Kids, teens, and even professional athletes are suffering from concussions every day. Many of these kids are returning to sports far too soon, their concussions have not healed and their brains are not back to normal, and it is damaging their brains. As a result of all of these concussions, in the long term it leads to suicidal thoughts, major headaches, and many more side effects. Concussions are very dangerous and everyone needs to take treatment and prevention seriously.…

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    Head Injuries In Sports

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    Injuries have always been a part of sports; it is the risk athletes take. Injuries are just a part of life that athletes have to deal with. Especially with the increasing size and speed of the players (Carroll and Rosner 42). By playing, they acknowledge they could break bones or tear ligaments. But many do not know that their brain could be severely damaged. Over the past decade, head injuries have become the biggest problems facing sports, especially the National Football League (NFL).…

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    Over the past couple of months we have seen several protest happening all across the United States. One of the major protest that has occurred was Colin Kaepernick’s choice to take a knee during the National Anthem. Kaepernick is a football player for the San Francisco 49ers and first took a knee during “The Star Spangled Banner” on August 26, 2016. His initial reasoning behind his actions was intended to be a form of protest against the recent outbreak of police brutality and racial injustices…

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    Concussions are a problem. They are serious, life altering injuries. Since the beginning of the game of rugby there have been people ‘getting their bell rung’. Only recently has the Global Governing Body of World Rugby understood the severity of rugby related head injuries, like concussion. A lot of rugby played around the world is played in areas or countries where there is a shortage of medical staff that are trained or qualified to recognize then treat, with proper proficiency, concussions.…

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    Concussions In Sports

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    Forty-seven percent of sport’s concussions occur in contact high school football (Sports Concussion). A concussion, otherwise known as a traumatic brain injury, occurs when there is a forceful impact to the head causing the brain to rattle around inside of the skull. Repetitive concussions, over the course of a sports career, can result in permanent brain damage and in some cases even death. Not all concussions are severe, but even a mild concussion, where symptoms include dizziness and nausea,…

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