Football Is A Dangerous Sport

High school sports are an important aspect of a young person’s life because it could decide their college, careers, and determine their social circle. High school football is a time where a fellowship occurs, not only with students, but the community also. There is on going issues with contact sports such as should there be rule changes or eliminate the game completely because of head injuries occurring too often. The problem is deciding whether the risks of playing these sports are worth it in the end. Are the risks of football worth the entertainment or should should football be banned for safety reasons? Doctor Anne McKey stated that if anything, we should have rule changes and equipment changes because it’s not worth the risk (CNN, 2012).

1,085,272 Students participated in high school football in the 2015-2016 school year. In high school football, a study shown that one in fourteen players will suffer from a head injury during their time playing (Burns). Another study shown that students are three times more likely to suffer from any type of injury than any other major sport. High school football is too dangerous of a sport for teenagers who are still growing mentally and physically. Football has and will continue being a very lethal sport for high school students. Not only is high school football lethal, but it takes away from time in the classroom, which means time away from learning. When reviewing the details of football and what it does to students on the field or in the classroom, you will never get a good outcome.

The first positive influence that football has on high schools is teaching students many valuable attitudes and social skills. Football players dedicate themselves to their sport and relentlessly train and practice so they can compete with others. While doing this they

This paper explores published articles that report on results from research conducted on this disadvantages of high school football. The articles vary in information and research conducted and have different argumentative points of discussion. This paper examines and states that high school football should be banned. Reasons are shown through different points of argument. Football causes continuous concussions, causes long term medical problems and causes different types of trauma to their body and affects their overall health.

What is Football? Football is a brutal sport that can have lifelong consequences. It’s dangerous and overrated. It has become a business that is only concerned about winning at the cost of maiming players, but people love it. Football players suffer more concussions than athletes in any other high school sport. Is this beloved game worth the risks, or should schools do away with it? We shouldn’t let teens ruin their lungs with cigarettes, so why would we allow them to damage their brains in the name of football? I have never played the sport, but I have friends that play and they’re always injured in some way. It’s just pointless. High school football players can undergo significant brain changes after just one season, even if they don’t get

Football is a sport known for the excitement it brings to the audience and to the players. This sport is being played around the country professionally, and throughout colleges and high schools. With all the tackling, screaming, touchdowns, and energy football produces, people either love the sport or find it to be too dangerous. Many people who believe football to be a dangerous sport especially fears the danger it puts high school students in. The concern of young lives being at stake just to be a part of a sport makes numerous people question football in high schools. What those people don’t realize though, is that football in high schools is an amazing opportunity for young men (and in some cases young women) to prepare for life and the trials it comes with. Playing football in high school will teach young men to learn to have a great work ethic, make quick decisions to better not only themselves but the others around them, and give them a chance to get athletic scholarships for colleges.

Football players will still play football even though they could get a serious injury, and possibly never play again. They know the risks that could happen while they are playing during a game or at practice. If they get an injury that they have to stop playing for a bit they will recover and keep on playing when the doctor says that they are alright to play. Football players get the education that they need about their injuries, and they are told that some injuries could end their football career. Getting an injury could cause a long-term injury and they could never play football again. Some long term risks that football players are in risk for are joint damage, from being hit over and over as time goes on your bones and joints become weaker, causing older athletes at greater risk of an injury.

Should the dilemmas of tackle football be considered a national or even global issue? While tackle football has been proved to be detrimental to the youth’s health, especially for children under the age of 13, critics have questioned and discussed whether other sports are going to be next and how they can possibly prevent football’s future modifications.

Otto Graham, veteran quarterback for the Cleveland Browns and future Hall of Famer, spins out of the pocket and starts running down the sideline. He thinks he is in the clear, but he is wrong. As he is running, he is hit in the chin by an opponent’s elbow. He is down for a couple of minutes, until the medical crew takes him to the locker room. They stitch up the cut and give him a face mask to add to his helmet. When they are done, he surprisingly returns to the game, and does not harm the cut for the rest of the game. This is the first time a football player has used a face mask in a regular season game (“A Football Life: Paul Brown”). A lot has changed since 1953, but there are still many injuries that occur in football

Football is a rough sport. Many fans of the game watch it for the hard hits. These hard hits and the potential for injury is part of what makes the game so exciting. Some people say that football is too brutal and should be banned. Parents all over the United States don’t allow their children to play because of the risk of head injuries. Others allow their sons, and every now and then their daughters, to play and risk injury for a chance to earn a college scholarship and for a small percentage of players, the chance to play in the National Football League (NFL).

While football is a very popular sport in high school it could easily become a very dangerous sport. It becomes even more dangerous when it comes to football in high school. There are many precautions that need to be taken to formulate it as safely as possible, even then it still is difficult to make it safe if it's tackle football. A majority of students playing football in high school are aged fifteen through eighteen, still tremendously young meaning that their brains at this time are still developing. If you have ever been to a football game you experience the rush of excitement when a touchdown is made, and the sense of overwhelming anxiety when you see your friend surrounded by paramedics out on the football field. Football can be extremely entertaining from the tackles, field goals, and touchdowns, however, someone's life should not be negatively affected by playing.

I’m still deciding if football is truly dangerous due to the story of the young man dying of a brain disease that caused over time due to long-term head collision(the Hard knocks page), got me worried, and the thing is he showed no concussion issues when playing from a child to an adult and this can be an issue as young athletes can show no sign of an injury to the head or pain coming from within his/her brain so they can run the chance of dying, from an interior part of their skull just because they showed no pain when it was developing(the pain), and I’m not going to use their “take one for the team” example as it is irrelevant to those coaches who actually care about their players when they have taken enough pain or damage from a game, anyway if a player does not get themselves checked for the disease then they can lose their life by playing something that they love doing, this disease I mention is called CTE the article also mentions that some NFL players have died from it and this young man has died from it but the odd thing is that he showed no pain or damage to his head and also showed no emotional issues the mother didn’t mention.

Football can be a very dangerous sport. And although those who play the game believe that they are being protected by the helmets that they wear, the truth is that this may not be the case. In a recent study released by the American Academy of Neurology it has been found that “protection against concussion and complications of brain injury is especially important for young players, including elementary and middle school, high school and college athletes, whose still-developing brains are more susceptible to the lasting effects of trauma”(Science Daily, 2014). The study also found that standard football helmets worn by the majority of players on the field today, only reduce the risk of traumatic brain injury by 20 percent compared to not wearing a helmet at all (Science Daily, 2014).

Would you be willing to play a sport that could potentially end your life at any moment? In any sport, it is noted that you are more prone to injury versus the average person since you are putting your body at risk. It is known that football is one of the most dangerous sports because it has a high-risk for concussions. On an average, about 47 percent of athletes who play high school football receive sports-related concussions. SInce 1997, 50 high school level and younger football players were pronounced dead after complications due to their concussions. Because of these intriguing statistics, the sport of football should be banned. Football should be banned as a whole because of health concerns regarding concussions, long-term effects from concussions, and mental disorders.

Do you think professional football is just too dangerous to be played? Between 2001 and 2005 1,060,823 have been admitted to the emergency rooms. Do you still think football is safe? Think twice before you answer.