...Do you watch football on the t.v? Well I do, and it is very fun to watch. Have you ever played football? If so, you know all the fun, And you know the most common injuries on the field. If you want to play a sport go, and try to do that sport. For me it started when I was 9 year old. The sport that I started in was baseball. Then, my cousin started to play football, and I wanted to be like him and play. If you don't try something you don’t know if you will like it or not, so go out and do something that you want to do. There are a lot of injuries in football. Some of the common ones are concussions, torn muscles, and torn ligaments. The ligaments that are bad to tare are your ACL and Meniscus the two main ligaments in your leg that helps...
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...Kirsten Rogers Most Common Injuries in Football General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the class about the type of injuries sustained in football Introduction: I. Attention Getter: Everyone has either played football or know someone who has played, right? 1.5 million young men play football, 1.2 million of these receive football related injuries. II. Thesis Statement: Football can be a dangerous sport. III. Statement of Importance/Relate to Audience: Many of you have played football or know someone that has played football. IV. Preview: There are three common types of injuries in football, these are concussions, knee injuries, and shoulder injuries. Body: I. Main Point: Concussions are a common injury in football. a. Sub-point: Symptoms of concussions include headaches, dizziness, nausea, and blurry vision. b. Sub-point: Long-term effects are memory loss, aggression, and personality changes. II. Main Point: Knee injuries are very common injury. a. Sub-point: ACL tear is cause by changing direction rapidly or slowing down while running. b. Sub-point: MCL tear is caused by a direct blow to the outside of the knee. c. Sub-point: PCL tear is caused by a direct blow to the front of the knee. d. Sub-point: Torn meniscus is caused by pivoting, decelerating, or being tackled. III. Main Point: Shoulder injuries are a common football injury. a. Sub-point: Dislocation can be caused by a fall or hit, where...
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...Blasting blow after blow can take its toll on all football players. Every play demands contact against the opponent. With excessive contact and collisions at rapid pace, no human being can withstand the effects on his body. Football demands full attention and effort because of the constant intensity it requires. The games demanding focus results in split second decisions such as sprinting in a certain direction or lunging to make a tackle. Spectators watch the demanding hits players take and deliver each time the ball is snapped. These crucial hits over time create problems for players currently playing or years after his career. It is no secret for fans watching that these players face tremendous pain through gigantic blows causing injuries...
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...Common sense tells parents that it is not a good idea to put a kid at risk of injury, studies show common sense may be right. While these studies were applauded as innovative, they also noted that it has significant limitations. Young people should not play football. Two reasons being that the can receive many substantial injuries and they are prone to having brain or neural problems. For starters, young people should not play football because they have the chance to get brain or neural problems. In a study of three cognitive tests on two different groups of former football players, the players that played football before the age 12 preformed on average 20% worse. (Neurology journal) the sport of football is not safe for children trying...
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...Is helmet to helmet football collisions too dangerous? Is chop blocking too dangerous to be doing? Is there a way to stop this or a way to prevent it from happening. At least a way to minimize the injuries in football? I believe that I have a solution to these injuries caused in football games and practices. It would require little to nothing in expense and the consequences of these would be less severe than they are now. Is a concussion really harmful to the human body? A scientific study has been tested on concussions, and yes, they truly are harmful to your human body. A concussion not only causes damaged brain cells, but a loss of memory, high blood pressure, and permanent loss of sensory cells. Helmet to helmet contact is the number...
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...will compare data from sports injuries and see the comparisons between those sports injuries and those in football. The major injuries are concussions, ligament tears, and serious bone fractures which greatly affect all major athletes. Even knowing these serious injuries can and do occur, this researcher believes that professional athletes should take the risk if they are passionate about the sport they play. According to The American Journal of Sports Medicine there are many different injuries caused from playing football. A big percentage of severe injuries were caused by foul play. (46%) of injuries were caused by contact and 54% involved no body contact. Trauma was caused of (81.5%) of the injuries. Joint sprains predominated...
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...sports teams from high school to the NFL need to focus more on the dangers of concussion sin football. In sports everyone who commits to playing for an organized team knows that there is a large risk involved by the time you are stepping onto the field, Court or Ice Rink. One of the most common sports that athletes are being injured in is the sport of football. Every one knows the dangers of the the full contact sport because it is so widely commercialized in for all ages. From High School all the way to the NFL football is a big deal but what about the injury's that come along with playing this violent game. Concussions are one of the most common injures that occur out of the football field and it has...
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...VF1-Composition 2 - Rhetoric 9 December 2014 The Big HIT in the NFL: Head injuries are changing the way the game is played I firmly believe that the future of the NFL and all of its players is in jeopardy of being lost as the American sport as we know it simply due to the fact that too many injuries are occurring in the NFL today than what was happening in the past. Sure past players got hurt, but players now hit ten times harder, play ten times tougher, it’s obvious they are due for a serious injury, it’s just a matter of time and when, surely they make millions each year, but is all that money worth the risk of losing your life or possibly harming it? Imagine this, you’re at your sons final football game as he’s a senior about to graduate, he’s got the crowd rooting for him, he’s the one who snaps the ball, yes the quarterback of the team. The defense is running full force, showing blitz when suddenly “ WHAM!” he takes a huge hit from a defensive player and stays laid out on the floor , suddenly coaches and staff from the team rush to the field while he remains still, the crowd silent , awaiting the outcome . Slowly he gets up with the help of the staff and coaches, he’s then carted to the locker room by team staff where they tell the parents that they are checking him for a concussion because it’s UIL protocol when it comes to hard extensive hits taken by a defenseless player. Not one person who loves football can deny that the big hits and huge plays are the main reason we watch...
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...On October 31, 2013, Chad Stover died while playing football after receiving a concussion. Stover’s head made contact with another player’s thigh in the midst of a tackle, resulting in a concussion. Concussions are one of many injuries that are possible when playing football. Aside from all of the injuries, there are many helpful characteristics of the sport (football). Football aids in the development of children and young adults. From work ethic to relieving of stress football has many beneficial facets. Football is one of the many sports that provides Psychological increase in youth. The pros outweigh the cons, the cons are injuries while the pros are community building and a better psychological outlook. During a football game in October, Leshawn Williams received an injury to his knee thinking it was a type of ligament damage. Later over the...
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...High School football injuries can be manageable if new safety guidelines are in place and followed. Football safety has evolved over the last 20 yrs. Due to concussion awareness, tackling techniques, and better equipment, the safety concerns from parents and couches are much today however. These precautions will make a difference to longevity to the players and team. Future requirements would mean less practice times, proper strength and conditioning, exercising, strict rules and better equipment. Football is not dangerous for high school students under the proper environment and supervision. The most common type of injuries are knee and ankle related. Knowing how to recognize the symptoms are important because they can be easily be prevented by weight training, proper strengthening conditioning activities, stretching exercises and practicing safer falling techniques (Page 22). The use of ankle braces and knee pads are another form of protection which reduces the severity of lower leg injuries. These injuries can be extremely painful but with the help of exercise and conditioning they will eventually heal and over time they can continue playing the game of football....
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...always been a very physical game with large injury risk, but as the years go on the game continues to become more and more dangerous. Even with the helps of pads and the newest, safest helmets players still have an extremely high probability of sustaining a minor or serious injury. Some of these injuries can create long lasting health problems that can affect an athlete throughout the rest of their lives. Football is to dangerous of a sport for high school students, because it can cause serious injuries like concussions and also leaves many players with multiple long term health issues. Concussions are a very serious injury that many students experience while playing football. The total number of concussions throughout a season maintains a rapid increase, as it develops into a more frequent and dangerous injury. Over 9500 concussions occurred throughout the 2014 high school football season, and...
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...High school Football is not safe enough to play because concussions are too much of a problem and a risk to life. Concussions in american high school football is a very serious injury and can be career ending and even fatal. Concussions are the main reason people today are talking about that football is not safe enough to play. What is a concussion? The Merriam Webster definition of concussions is, “a stunning, damaging, or shattering effect from a hard blow; especially : a jarring injury of the brain resulting in disturbance of cerebral function.” Based on this definition concussions doesn't sound so bad but it's a very complicated injury. Even the pros (NFL) has suffered from concussions. Concussions is subject to be the cause of Chronic...
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...On January 31, 2012, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued an order consolidating several lawsuits against the National Football League into one large case of Multidistrict Litigation. All of the lawsuits that have been filed claim “tortious conduct” on the part of the NFL, resulting in neuro-degenerative disease and injury to professional football players. As of January 24, 2013, over 4,500 retired NFL players, more than one-third of players to ever sign an NFL contract, had brought a suit against the NFL concerning the head injuries that they sustained on the field during their playing careers. (Anderson, 1). Given the outstanding popularity of football in the United States, these lawsuits have garnered the attention of national media, prompting debate, discussion, and research about the dangers of football-related head injuries and the future of the NFL. (Fenno, 1). The litigation has the potential to reach the scale of the Big Tobacco litigation of the 1990’s, but the NFL has thrown a substantial roadblock in the players’ suit with a federal employment law preemption defense. (Fisher, 1). The consolidation of all the lawsuits into the Multidistrict Litigation has created the ability for both parties to decide the legal issues presented by the players’ claims and the NFL’s defenses. This paper will examine the merits of those claims and defenses, offer insight into how the players applied rhetorical devices to further their case, address the link established...
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... High School Football Head Injuries In America, one of the most popular sports is the game of football. Programs in high school have been around since early in the 20th century. It is a very widespread sport, especially at the high school level. Football is a very violent, active sport and can cause many injuries such as leg, shoulder, arm, head and neck being the most severe. This fun and entertaining sport is very popular but it is getting progressively more dangerous as time goes on. Severe brain and neck injuries occur in the sport with more and more happening each year. The National Federation of State High School Association needs to take charge to protect its athletes and stop this rising problem by making specific rules against head to head contact. Head to head contact can be extremely dangerous and cause very serious problems for all high school football players. In 2009, 250,000 people age nineteen and younger were treated in emergency rooms for concussions and other sports related brain injuries in the country. That was an increase from 150,000 in 2001. Did you know that high school athletes sustain an estimated 136,000 to 300,000 concussions per year (Moms Team)? Out of all the patients who were admitted into an emergency department with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), 24.7 percent obtained their head injury while playing football (Swarm Interactive). That is higher than any other sport or activity associated with TBIs. Brain injuries contribute one...
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...Every year, tens of thousands of concussions happen due to high school sports. 2.5 million students play sports and could get hurt. Isaiah, a 13 year old boy, had a dream to play football in high school. At football camp, a year before his dream was going to come true, he was running with a ball and was tackled. He smacked his head hard on the turf. He was rushed to the hospital where he was told he had a concussion. Isaiah had to sit in a dark room for two weeks so his brain could heal. After he healed, Isaiah decided to quit football. Injuries in sports are causing players to give up on their dreams (Belson). Unsurprisingly, football is the number one injury causing sport in high school. Two dozen high school football players died in recent...
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