History Of The Nfl Play 60

The NFL was founded on September 17, 1920 and was known as the American Professional Football Association (APFA). It was renamed in 1922 as the National Football League or NFL. In 1920 there were eleven football franchises to form the first professional football league compared to the 32 teams that form the league now. The original teams are: Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Tigers, Dayton Triangles, Akron Professionals, Rochester (N.Y.) Jeffersons, Rock Island Independents, Muncie Flyers, Decatur Staleys, Chicago Cardinals, and Hammond Pros. Jim Thorpe was elected as the league's first president. In 1970 NFL's rival league AFL merged their schedules and formed two conferences in which the AFL became AFC and NFL became NFC.

The NFL has become the most popular sport in the United States. It is watched my millions every weekend. The NFL is only growing in popularity. With new fans joining the fun every day. The NFL has faced its share of problems too. With concussions scaring away many future players, the NFL is hoping to lower the possibility of concussions in the future. Each NFL team plays a total of 16 games over a span of 17 weeks. There are two conferences in the NFL, the AFC and the NFC. There are four divisions in each conference, each with 4 teams. The playoff teams are decided by the division rankings. The winner of each division makes the playoffs, with the two best 2nd place teams making it in as a wild card.

However, in 2013, the NFL and the NFLPA entered a dispute on how to allocate the $100 million. The NFLPA vetted several research proposals and invited the NFL to participate in the entire process, so they believed the NFL would comply with the research proposal they selected. The NFLPA decided to allocate the funds towards a 10 year Harvard initiative that would examine at least 1,000 retired players to use as long-term subjects on a wide range of health issues. The project aimed to discover approaches to diagnosing, treating and preventing injuries and in both active and retired players. However, the “joint contribution” would not pan out as the NFL refused to sign off on the grant. The two sides would eventually agree to allocate their $50 million funding towards separately selected medical research. The NFL has allocated most of its medical research funds to entities such as the National Institute of Health, the U.S. military and private companies. Examining the allocation of medical research funds from the NFL and examining how the NFL refused to allocate money towards the Harvard initiative, suggests the NFL is steering away from research specifically from the link between football and CTE. Although, the NFL is now addressing brain trauma as a health hazard for players and are trying to diagnose and mitigate the impact of brain injuries, the NFL is also not addressing the link between CTE and playing football, perhaps because the

The NFL has decided not to directly address the mental health problems of current and former players in fear of negative publicity and financial consequences league wide. Also, they have not compensated players for their injuries or put in enough time or effort to improve the conditions for players. These things are deemed unethical, because in a sense by being injured, these players are being stripped of their freedom to do things the way that they want. Also, the NFL is putting the greed for money over the health and well being of the community.

The NFL has crossed a line with it's archaic medicinal marijuana policy and are contributing to the opioid epidemic. The NFL has suspended Buffalo Bills offensive lineman, Seantrel Henderson, for 10 games following a third failed drug test for marijuana. Now Seantrel Henderson's story is not your typical failed drug test story. He has Crohns disease and has had two intestinal surgeries this year. His doctors say he can't take normal pain medicine because of the condition of his stomach and intestines are in.

Also, the NFL has rejected the whole research by Dr. Omalu and Dr. Mckee because the League is afraid if the documents were leaked it would affect all football players. However, the NFL did a great job in hiding these facts from the media until the Fainaru brothers found them. When the public already knows the side effect of playing football, the NFL tried to support the research in order to make public trust the NFL that they want to help to reduce the number of brain injuries. With the NFL paying $765 million dollars, for the research, this is just another cover up that they are trying to do so that the NFL’s name would not be disgraced for future athletes in the

“Despite its knowledge and controlling role in governing player conduct on and off the field, the NFL turned a blind eye to the risk and failed to warn and or impose safety regulations governing this well-recognized health and safety problem.” (“Lawsuit”).

NFL Play 60 is a movement created by the National Football League to have a more active generation. It is a campaign to encourage kids to be active for 60 minutes a day in order to help reverse the trend of childhood obesity. Communication from the campaign includes television commercials, social media, and a well developed website. The website is broken down into two sections one for adults and one for kids. There are even camps in which kids can participate in with some of their favorite NFL athletes.

For decades, American Football has captivated this nation as one of the prime sources of entertainment. With the culmination point, the Super Bowl, attracting more viewership than any other televised event in the country, the sport has seen a tremendous growth since its origination in 1920. In an era of economic struggle, job shortage, and high-cost of living, those with above average physical abilities can find the lure of professional football to be extremely attractive. With the wealth and fame attached to a professional career, many of our youths share the common dream of achieving football star status. In order to attempt this lofty goal, many kids enroll in this contact sport at an early age, often times with the support of their parents.

After this discovery, lawsuits came flying in against the NFL claiming they hid the dangers of playing football from the players. More than 4,500 former players claimed they were suffering from symptoms related to CTE (Associated Press, 2013). This started research that took over 10 years to conduct, where the NFL was forced to attempt to find correlations between the NFL and CTE. Recently, in 2013, the NFL settled the lawsuit with the players for 765 million dollars. This settlement allowed them to not be required to disclose the results they found from their research. However, I think it is safe to say that the league paying 765 million after their research was conducted is a very telling sign into what they found. Another trend that is revealing is early retirements by the players. In 2011, only 5 players under the age of 30 retired. In this past season, over 20 retired, many of them crediting their retirements to injuries and the dangers of the game. These are players who still have numerous years left to play and more importantly, lots of money to make (Bell 2016). This is the new norm in the NFL, and it shows that the players have come to the realization that the game is not very safe. There is also the concern of parents not allowing their kids to play or watch football, because they view it as a safety risk and a violent

In today’s NFL, injuries, particularly head injuries, have become a common occurrence regardless of the amount of preventative training that the athletes invest in. These reoccurring head injuries have led to the deaths of former players and yet, instead of their families accepting that it was the player’s decision to continue playing, they somehow choose to blame the NFL as if the NFL committee were the ones creating the injuries to happen or forcing them to play through it. The NFL isn’t to blame for concussions sustained while playing the game because the coaches, medical staff, and players allow continuous play, creation of financial aid programs, new injury policies, and new equipment technology.

Based on the article “When Theodore Roosevelt Saved Football” by Bruce Watson (2014), football was changed into the game of football we know today. Bruce Watson has written numerous books based on events in American History. Also, he has had articles published in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe. Theodore Roosevelt had a Great love for the game of football.

First, media coverage of childhood obesity can be seen from organizations such as the Childhood Obesity Foundation. The organization’s purpose is “…to lead a societal shift toward healthy eating and active lifestyles to promote childhood healthy weights and the resulting physical and emotional impacts” (Childhood Obesity Foundation 2015). The mission statement promotes the idea that childhood obesity could cause unhappiness and sickness for children, and that society needs to change in order to address the issue. A section on the website addresses the current obesogenic environment of society, which it describes as “…places that encourage people to eat unhealthily and not exercise enough” (Childhood Obesity Foundation 2015). The foundation frames society as a negative environment that encourages unhealthy behaviors, requiring changes to a more health-focused society. Furthermore, the website has a section regarding the complications of childhood

My group members and I are all on the same page of when we are meeting with our point of contact for the NFL 60 Challenge. Once we meet with the principle of Farmdale Elementary, we will have a set time frame for when the program will start, and what time we are required to be in the elementary school. Not everyone will be able to attend the meeting with the principle of Farmdale Elementary, but we will keep our group members updated on any news from that meeting. Since the NFL 60 Challenge does not officially start until the end of February, my group members and I have had constant meetings about who is available for what days in order to reach children who will participate in the NFL Play 60 Challenge.

Obviously childhood obesity is something that needs to be handled. What they are doing to stop it is in question. The solution was to take junk food out of schools. That is a acceptable idea, but it is not the best. Junk foods should not be taken out of schools because, schools only represent a slight portion of childhood obesity problems, junk food in vending machines brings in a great deal of revenue, and television is the biggest contributor to childhood obesity.