Football Repercussions

Football is a game that can cause serious injuries, which can also affect you in the future. According to the National High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study, “More than 500,000 high school football injuries occurred between the 2014 and 2015 school year,” (Pros and Cons of Playing Football). One of the most dangerous injuries players get is a concussion, a brain injury caused by a blow to the head or a violent shaking of the head and body. These concussions are often mistaken for minor injuries, but can sometimes be more

America’s favorite and most popular sport, football, is the utmost dangerous sport in the country. Recently, in the news football brain injuries have been prevalent and a hot topic among those who oppose the game. Can playing football be kill you? How do concussions and other brain traumas affect your life? Even though research is underway for brain injuries, do we need more in depth research over a longer period?

Children that play tackle football can lead to many unthinkable problems in their life. “A new medical study has found that children who play football before age 12 suffer mood and behavior problems later in life at rates significantly higher than those who take up the sport later” (Maese). This shocking idea is breathtaking when this is occurring to children just by playing a fun sport. This sport may be fun, but deals many harsh complications in future life. When a child turns ten they go through a rapid period of brain development (Maese). If children are playing a full contact game of football, receiving concussion like symptoms, they can lead to many brain

Many argue that football builds teamwork, friendship, and other important life skills; however, there are other sports that build the same skills and are not nearly as dangerous. Concussions are very serious and for tons of kids to be getting them is not alright. According to the video, “Deadly Hits - The Story Of Ex Football Player Chris Coyne”, football players face the highest risk of concussions. This shows that football is one of the most dangerous sports if the players of the sport are at the highest risk of getting an extremely serious injury. In the article, “Should You Let Your Kid Play Football?” by Amir Khan, it states football’s impacts can lead to sprains, broken bones, and other physical injuries, and concussions as well. This proves that football can cause a great deal of different injuries. By letting children play this sport, we are seriously jeopardizing their health. Who would want to do that to the world’s

Football players are always getting injured every year in professional,college, and high school football. In the article “Percentage of Kids Who Are Injured in Football” by Michelle Kulas she says “In 2013, USA Football released preliminary findings after the first year of a multi-year study. They note that fewer than 10 percent of youth football players incur an injury, and of those injuries, 64 percent are considered minor injuries.” 10 percent of the youth get injured every year, that's a huge number for children. Next, football players have a high risk to get injured. Also, In the article “Preventing Football Injuries” it says “Football players also have a higher chance of ankle sprains due to the surfaces played

By participating in football people can learn sportsmanship, hard work, discipline, and teamwork. Considering the many lessons it teaches, teamwork and discipline play the main role. With teamwork, players/children are learning how to trust their teammates the more experience they have with each other. As for discipline, it teaches kids to work hard and set good goals which can be helpful for them in the future as opposed to not playing, and being a step behind. NFL expert Jobe Lewis says that “football requires a pretty unique brand of teamwork and requires the player to discipline himself and to work hard” (Lewis 1).

I will let my son play football, but first he will have to see the positive and negative impacts. Also, show him the short term and long term symptoms. Some negative impacts are health issues, severe injuries, stress/ pressure, and costs. Furthermore, positive impacts are good because your son gets scholarships, teamwork with his teammates, build relationship through out games and practices with teammates. In WCPO.com it states, short symptoms which cause loss of consciousness,

During the years of 2012 and 2013, roughly 1.1 million high school athletes played the sport of football (Jeffrey, 1). That number is extremely large in comparison to other sports such as soccer, basketball, and even baseball. The more important statistics, the ones that are often not reported, are the injury statistics. During the same year (2012-2013), there were a reported 616,209 high school level football injuries, most of these impacting the head and neck region, making this sport extremely dangerous for young children (Comstock, 25). Even though football is a massive part of American culture and is the most watched sport in the United States by a large margin, this activity should not be played by youth due to countless concussions and other serious injuries.

According to source one, football is the leading cause of sports-related injuries. Although many studies have shown that indeed, that many high school and college students have received injuries from football, such as concussions and fractures, as well as high levels of ankle and knee injuries. But there are ways to reduce the

Football is a very dangerous sport for anyone and worst for children. There have been lots of injuries related to football and death. Football is one of the most dangerous sports and lots of serious injuries result from it. Children are at the most risk of injuries to the game of football because they don’t know what they are getting into. One of the reasons many kids get into football is the influenced with their parents.

This shows that playing football tends to facilitate a higher level of academic performance and the development of a strong work ethic. If a child desires to play football, parents should not restrain the child from participating because of a fear of injury, but should rather encourage the passion within their children that will develop a stronger work

I would more than gladly let my son play football because if that is what he wants to do then I will never shoot down his dreams. In the article fujita stated “Maybe they never had to push through the pain and mask injuries the way I have.” (Fujita4) I agree with this quote because if my son wants to play football he should know he will have to suffer through pain to become great at it. My son would have to learn to man up if he chooses football because that is not a soft sport, But of course i would never push my son until he breaks unless that’s what he wants because I, myself am an athlete and i like when the coaches push us to our limits. With all that being said i would teach my son football is for fun while he is small. I would enter

One reason football is too dangerous for children and high school students to play is because of chronic traumatic encephalopathy also known as “CTE.” CTE is a deadly brain disease that can develop from the repetitive hits and tackles football players experience. Many parents

When you think about football, what do you think about? Do you think about sportsmanship? Team building? Or Friendship? Well that’s great and all, but the fact is high school football has long lasting negative effects on the mind and body, as well as many short term effects on the mind and body. There are three main type of mental/physical effects that are consequences of playing football. First there’s the external physical effects, these are more along the lines of short term effects because they go away. Second, there’s internal physical effects, these affect the internal setup of the body, such as broken bones and torn ligaments/muscles. Finally, there’s mental effects, because injuries happen they can sometimes confuse the player, and make him afraid of what might happen. Most of the time this is the reason why those players get hurt again.

Over the past years, injuries from football have become more common. Many parents believe that football is a dangerous sport and are often hesitant to allow their children to play. There are many headlines and videos that refer to players getting injured.and therefore, football is not always portrayed in a positive light. Many see football as a sport where players get out on the field and the object of the game is to see how bad they can hurt the other player. It is often viewed more as a boxing match than a football game. It is an extremely physical sport so the possibility of getting injured is in the forefront of parents minds. An experienced coach and knowledged football coach can make all the difference in the injury rate of players. Even though football can be a dangerous sport, it is very beneficial to allow children to play because it teaches important values such as responsibility, leadership, self discipline and teamwork. Also not only does playing football keep the players in good physical shape, athletes often do better in school.