Would you want your son to die in the action of playing a loved sport over a concussion? I would not let my son play football because it promotes violence, health issues, and may possibly lead to death. It will help encourage them into thinking that violence is a good thing. Concussions damage the body more and more as the concussions add up. One hit can be the end of the player's life. All the bad in football overlooks the perks that come with it. One reason I would not let my son play football is because it promotes violence. “I hate to say it, but no “heads up” campaign or the threat of a penalty or a fine will reduce football’s inherent violence” (Fujita 3) Some people go into football not knowing the violence and pain that come with it. Professional football players were unaware of the dangers that concussions can cause, while the NFL knows about the consequences that can happen when a player get concussed. “In August , ESPN pulled its name and logo from the “League of Denial,” a “Frontline” documentary about how the N.F.L., handled -or, more appropriately mishandled - the concussion crisis among its players.” (Sandomir 1) Violence is praised through the stands when someone gets pushed to the floor and seriously hurt. Football players are unaware of the dangers that come with getting a concussion, but the NFL knows all and lets them get into this danger for the sake of entertainment. The NFL hides the truth and mishandled cases of players, because they know the consequences and don’t want to be charged for it, leaving the players clueless for what could happen next. The consequence of a concussion will generate health issues. “I found myself receiving e-mail after e-mail from people presumably motivated by by keyword searches for ‘football, concussion, trauma, disease.’ Every new study drawing a correlation between head injuries and post career brain disease and would find its way to my inbox, almost daily.” (Fujita 3) As shown in the quote, the word football has a connection with trauma, disease, and concussion. Such a “fun” sport should not be associated with words that define health issues. At a very young age, children have the need and want to play football and be a player and will do
I think that kids shouldn't play football because it is too dangerous. People get concussions every day when they play football. After repeatedly bashing their skulls football players get concussions, caused by the spongy tissue in the brain hitting the hard skull. It is very painful to get a concussion, and leaves permanent damage to the brain. As well as being excruciatingly painful, and possibly never being the same, with many issues. "In milder cases, athletes can be left with lifelong pain, memory lapses, aggression, depression, personality changes, and many other issues."(Shotz[11]). This sport just keeps getting more and more dangerous, manifesting on itself, becoming more and more brutal as players become more competitive. There are
Football is one of the most beloved sports in the United States. It is one of the most violent bone crushing sports, leaving players permanently injured for life in some cases. The most common injury that football players suffer from pee-wee through the NFL is the concussion. A concussion is a traumatic brain injury that changes the way your brain works. The effects of a concussion are usually temporary and can result in a full recovery if its minor and treated correctly. A concussion can lead to brain problems later in life, even after a player has finished playing football. This is why people are studying and trying to understand concussions fully in order to prevent and treat future ones. Concussions are very
Football is a sport loved by so many people, that a whole corporation was made for fans to enjoy it, the NFL. But do the fans know the risk that football players put themselves in when they step onto that field? It doesn't matter if you have experience there is always that risk for a concussion. Even kids playing youth football or teens playing high school football are at a high risk for concussions. Obviously, whatever guidelines out there that are meant to protect football players from concussions aren't working so something needs to be changed. Personally, if I was a parent I would never let my child play football unless the helmet, tackle guidelines, and penalties for late hits were improved. However I do understand why parents allow their children to play football, it is a sport like I said, loved by many and just fun to watch.
Concussions in football have always been a problem. Recently the NFL is doing more to protect players from this serious head injury. a couple of moves made by the NFL to prevent concussions is that they moved the kickoff line up 5 yards resulting in a higher chance of a touchback. Another move to prevent concussions is that players are getting fined for illegal tackles that occur. The NFL is doing more to protect players because they realize concussions can have serious effects later in life like losing the ability to remember things. According to Nadia Kounang “NFL football players are 3 times more likely to have a neurodegenerative disease compared to the average population”. Examples of these diseases are Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. The target population is football players who have received concussions in their playing days. Many of these head injuries were caused by players who wanted to excite the crowd with a big hit knowing a lot of the fans were just there to see violence and that the player would become more popular to those
18% of people in the U.S. have stopped watching football in two years when the original percent was 58%. Even though sports do have physical benefits, children or middle-aged people shouldn’t play games that include your head having the chance of getting hit. There are so many risks that a very capable of happening because of what you could lose altogether. You can have a concussion that can cause deadly diseases such as CTE, a concussion has negative effects on a child's education if not treated properly, and concussions can vary depending on which league they’re in. Brain diseases have taken their toll on players especially football players.
After doing research many studies suggest that youth football should be canceled out or the rules should be changed, but in my opinion those results are impractical, lazily thought of. It also shows the disconnect between the research and actual people that have had concussions from football, or is playing football right now and has had a teammate or a friend that has had results from concussions while playing. I believe that to truly understand the dangers of a concussion youth football, there needs to be a little more than just research, there needs to be a connection with someone that has played football. There needs to be some form of understanding and relation to that person to understand why he would even play a sport that would treat
In the interview video “Concussion hazards in youth football” by Dr. Drew and Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Dr. Sanjay Gupta states, “ When young kids get a concussion a few times the brain damage can become a long term effect for them.” This quote reveals that these kids that are playing football and getting concussion can have long term effects that can ruin their future and their career. Every year at least 3.8 million concussions occur in sports. That is a large number of people, getting brain damage. After a few concussion your brain takes a little bit longer to heal since it has been hurt many times. These concussion can even lead to fatal
Football is a sport that I wouldn't allow my son to play. Football is a hard and dangerous sport to allow your son to play. This sport promotes too much violence and can lead to concussions. Players can be hurt because there are tough players out in the field. Football players are tough and rough out there on the field. They can be rough and tough to go up against. The weakest players out their get hurt. “I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it” feels like and to have someone say 'Just rub some dirt on it, and get back in their.” - Billy Corgan.
Football concussions lead to some bad side effects that could stay with you for a long time maybe even permanent.Football shouldn’t be allowed for high schools because of how bad you could get injured from other football players,and not only is their concussions there's other things like broken bones.Doctors have even reported that football is a rough sport and the worst part about high schoolers being injured is that they could have something really bad that could result in some bad things such as brain damage.Football was known to be a rough sport and maybe even the roughest sport that’s why you should think about what your gonna do if you want to play a sport or at least something.Talk with your parents if you want to play a sport or something
Although Concussions were common and treated like a light injury in the past, it is a very serious problem today. Many people have discussed the dangers of concussions that can happen in football. Evidence supports one opinion: kids should not play football.
I would not give my son permission to play football because it will cause concussions and bodily injuries, promotes violence, and causes permanent brain damage and death. After reading recent
I would not allow my son to participate in the sport of football if he asked me to allow him to play. In Scott Fujita’s article “Would I let My Son Play Football?,” Fujita states “But I hated what football was doing to so many people around me, and I hated what it was probably doing to me.” Fujita was a professional NFL player and yet he did not agree with how the sport was affecting those around him. If a previous professional player does not like how the sport affects others, then that is a sign to prevent my children from playing. The author also states “The latest dark reminder came Monday when a 16-year-old high school player from Brocton,N.Y., died after a helmet-to-helmet hit in a game friday night.(Fujita 3). The fact that a 16-year-old
I would not let my son play football because of the risk of concussion,the possibility of becoming aggressive,and the potential death.Football is a sport that most boy or girl love to play.Kids see football as safe sport because of their helmet.It's really not safe if anything helmets are supposed protect your head not to prevent a concussion.
There are many reasons why I feel I shouldn’t let my child play tackle football. The most important reason I wouldn’t play is because I don’t want to see any child suffer from a brain disease. The passage “Brain Disease Linked to Head Trauma” by CNN explains in the first paragraph that most brain diseases are caused by head trauma and concussions. No one would ever want to see someone go through stressful pain. Also, the child might get exhausted of playing for a long period. In the article,” Should you let your child play tackle football,” the first paragraph explains how one player participated for a while, therefore he wanted a change. You might feel that you wasted a lot of money trying to help support the child throughout the sport.
Do you worry for your kids safety during sports? Do you think of the violent nature of certain sports? The American sport football is extremely popular here, but most people watch the sport with so much dedication that they tend to ignore the harm it causes. The negatives of football are hidden in plain sight, all those impacts with one another don’t disappear. Those players get hurt and they don’t notice until it’s too late and they succumb to injury, more specifically mental damage. In my opinion, I would not let my son play football and if he decides to I wouldn’t stop him, but I would tell him what could happen to him. The disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy is the biggest reason I wouldn’t want