Abstract. Concussion In Schools And The Nfl Are A Problem.They

“In 2012 alone, there were more than 3.8 million reported concussions, twice as many as a decade earlier” (Cleveland Medical). Typically, concussions are caused by quick bumps and jolts to the head, or whiplashes to the body that cause the brain to bounce within the skull. Coaches often carelessly choose to put concussed players back into games to help the team win, even though most coaches know how dangerous it is. One concussion is dangerous, but when a person already has a one or shows any symptoms of possibly having one, their chances of receiving a life threatening hit to the head goes up exponentially. Bobby Clark, an Idaho football player told his coaches he had a headache, but he was put back in after just a few minutes. “Bobby Clark was briefly removed from the game, but put back into play by unidentified coaches. Approximately two plays later, he returned to the sidelines and collapsed… the school district staff didn’t comply with Idaho high school requirements for evaluating head injuries and negligently put him back into the game” (Outside The Lines). After I had a life threatening concussion, and continued to play, a concussion expert told me after the football season that I could have died or at best, have been a paraplegic if I got hit on the head at

Many memories are made in football, but sadly some of the greatest players cannot recall them. The National Football League has been associated with concussions and brain traumas throughout the years, but lately it has been exposed by media and NFL veterans. The league recently “reached a $765 million preliminary settlement with thousands of former players who were suing the league over its treatment of concussions…” (Waldron). Many former players are experiencing the effects of taking hard hits over and over again; they were not properly treated, which makes the injury worse and long term. The concussion issue in the NFL is more prevalent today, because it affects not only the players, but the league as a whole.

The documentary, The League of Denial examines the issue of brain injuries in the National Football League. The film devotes most of its attention to the story of Mike Webster, who died at the age of fifty as a result of severe brain injuries suffered throughout his playing career. Webster’s story highlights the devastating effect concussions can have in a short timeframe. Because brain injuries are known to develop quickly it is important that the NFL responds quickly to this concussion crisis. The NFL is the most popular professional sports league in the world: according to Forbes Magazine the NFL generated over $9 billion in revenue this past year. Despite this success the NFL faces a legitimate threat against brain injuries and concussions. Although the NFL is popular, they should still be proactive in their fight against concussions because of the amount of money they generate, the health of their former players, and lastly the willingness of future athletes to play their sport.

A concussion is an injury suffered in the brain of an individual that can affect and alter a person’s ability to perform not only mentally, but physically as well. The New York Daily News reported on one of the finest cases of how serious the NFL is taking the issue on concussions, the current lawsuit that reached a “$765 million settlement reached between the two sides, 18,000 concussion suffer and the NFL” which states causes for important untold information the NFL refused to report to players about the prospective dangers concussions had for their long-term health, though this was later shot down by a federal judge claiming that it was insufficient sum. An NFL player may succumb from thousands of hits to the head playing football all

Facts from the article “CITE” examines how the NFL dealt with the issues of concussions over the years. Beginning with Omalu’s discovery of CTE, the NFL strongly resisted to admitting that multiple head injuries leads to impair cognitive functions. The NFL committee was composed of internal NFL doctors who denied scientific studies claiming of the lack of scientific evidence and causation between repeated head injuries and brain damage. The Congressional Hearing in 2009 criticized NFL’s concussion policy and demanded the committee to take

Concussions are and will continue to be an ongoing issue in almost all sports today. This is especially true in the case of football and the NFL. Concussions are considered the most common and least devastating form of traumatic brain injury someone can receive. Although concussions are considered the least serious type of brain injury they can still lead to and cause many irreversible brain diseases and in some cases people have even lost their lives because of concussions. One of these diseases is called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or better known as CTE. There have been many recent medical developments that have allowed us to learn more about the brain and things that affect it. This increased knowledge has caused unrest

The NFL’s response to the CTE findings was that they denied there was a problem with CTE in their players and that the media made a big fuss over nothing. The NFL decided to choose a doctor to lead the committee on concussion research. This action was poorly executed due to the fact that they decided to hire NFL doctors that had no experience with brains. Their research came to the conclusion that football was not

People are beginning to blame the NFL and football leagues for their concussion. The NFL has been set afire over the past few years. Former players are beginning to sue the league because of concussions they have received throughout the years for playing. There are 4,500 ailing retirees who, in 2011, sued the NFL over a perceived negligence to warn them of the sports risks. In return that cost the National football league $765 million dollars. So, over the next 65 years, all retired NFL players can receive baseline medical exams, educational services and a payout formula based on illness and age. This lead a spark to college football players who in return have filed lawsuits against the NCAA (National College Athletic Association) for concussions they allegedly sustained as student players.

Over the past couple of years the National Football League as well as other football associations have witnessed a rise in the occurrences of severe head trauma to players resulting in concussions. One of the NFL’s top priorities is the health and safety of their players. These NFL players bring an abundant amount of joy and excitement to their wild, raving, die hard football fans across the nation. However, these mens’ health today and for decades to come is equally if not more important than their careers that often last an average of 4 years playing football. Despite the increase in the number of concussions in football, leagues are doing all they can to prevent concussions by implementing new rules, provide new and improved equipment,

Background Information: Over the years, there has been a lot of controversy in the sport of football, about whether the league truly cares about concussions players are suffering. Research over the past decade, has shown that many former football players have suffered from extensive CTE, due to brain injuries not being properly treated. Since this has become such a fear for athletes and fans playing the sport, the league has made small rule changes to help prevent less helmet-to-helmet contact. On top of that, athletes who violate the rules will be fined and possibly suspended depending on the severity of the incident. As of late though, many athletes and fans have begun to think that the league doesn’t truly care about concussions. This is due to how the schedule has changed to make football players prepare to play a game on a short week, multiple times throughout a season. Also, as athletes continue to beg for there to be a shorter preseason to lessen the amount of hits taken, the league

Science says concussions are inevitable; 96 percent of all NFL players and 79 percent of all football players test positive for brain disease (Source: Frontline League of Denial 9/18/15 Concussion Watch Article). Prior to 2002, the NFL’s approach to preventing, treating, and managing concussions and CTE was very different than it is today. My essay will explore what some of those differences were and whether or not changes in the NFL are improving the outcomes and quality of life for current and former NFL players.

A recent study of college football players has shown that those who participate in high contact sports and have had a concussion before have a 300% higher chance of having another one in comparison to athletes that have never had a concussion before (Jolicoeur et al, 2007). The NFL and NCAA have enacted several rule changes in order to minimize the occurrence of concussions. These new rules, like many before them, have come under the scrutiny of the very athletes that they were meant to protect. The NHL and NHL Players Association in 1997 together created a program in order to get a better understanding of concussions and how to prevent them (Burke et al, 2011). According to Covassin (2008), athletes who have had more than one concussion take a longer time to recover with each concussion that they suffer from.

America is one of the most sports crazy countries in the world, At the helm of that is debatably the most popular sport in America, football. However, as there is advances in science and more data comes out to start understanding more about human anatomy, and at the same time sports becomes bigger in the U.S.. More concern is raised about football. Football could be considered one of the most violent sports along with rugby and hockey. As more National Football League players are coming forward with mental illnesses such as alzheimer 's post concussion syndrome and more linked to football more fear of concussions has been raised. These former players now blame the NFL for these mental illnesses which are largely lead on to believe that they are the results of numerous concussions. So many identities form around this as at the high school level if we get a headache after a hit a quick first thought is,”Do I have a concussion.” With this high school football players have all injuries centered around concussions which must be taken seriously. Although, with all of this evidence against football a few ideas remains being how dangerous are concussions, what is being done, what has been done, and is the NFL, NCAA, and high school level organizations doing enough.

There is a plague currently surrounding the athletic world; however, this epidemic is not of the bacterial kind. This epidemic has hidden in the shadows, unbeknownst to the public that it is even there. This sickness has caused athletes in the National Football League to play while injured, which in turn causes worse injuries later on in their careers and lives. Concussions are such a prevalent injury in many contact sports, but in the NFL, players are encouraged to hide their symptoms in order to play more. In his article, “The NFL Concussion Protocol Cannot Save Football,” Luis Bien discusses how the NFL’s concussion protocol has changed since 2011.

No matter what high school and NFL does to prevent the concussions the can still happen. As a result, player can still get a concussion with all the rules and penalty’s the they have in the sport. If it is so simple to have the rule to stop the concussions, why are they still getting concussions while playing or practicing? Why can’t people not hit people hard? These tactics have proven useless because players are still getting concussions when they play. In addition, these same players will not be able to play for weeks and can come back and get another concussion. These factors need to be considered is that they need to add more padding to the players helmets. In other words, they need to add padding to high school and the NFL’s helmets to ensure the safety of the player.