Literature Review On Life After Football

"The student athletes will endure life long effects of playing physically demanding sports. “Injuries can saddle them with years of medical bills.” (Majerol). Athletes are there to make the college sports better, schools see them as only someone to help make them profit by making the sports program better. As soon as they leave the sports program they no longer care about the physical trauma, and mental trauma the athlete has to deal with the rest of their life. “less than 2 percent of college athletes ever compete professionally.” (Zissou). This mean 2 percent of the athletes will proffesional medical care, while the other 98 percent have to pay out of pocket for the rest of their lives on their used up knees and backs relying on medication to help numb some of the pain so they can get by. Football is one of the most taxing on the body, a study released July of 2017 says “A Journal of the American Medical Association report says

Football remains the most popular sport in America and the ninth most popular sport in the world for a reason. Since its creation in 1869, football has played a fundamental part of American society. Every Sunday, my family along with millions of other Americans turn the television to CBS, NBC or FOX to watch their favorite football team go to battle. My family and I bleed burgundy and gold and root for the home team the Washington Redskins. Americans including myself display great intensity and passion for the game of football and the result of the game often changes my attitude for the better or worse. Watching the game on television may come as exhilarating and entertaining, but playing the game creates the best times. Overall football has made a severe impact on many people’s lives. Football teaches unique lessons in a hands on manner which helps athletes like myself sustain a much more adventurous life. Football has made an immeasurably positive influence upon my life, but the sport has its dangers. Football changes lives.

Football is an American sport that consists of two teams composed of 11 men. On the 100-yard field, they go head to head, trying to keep the other team from advancing the ball down the field toward the end zone, resulting in a touchdown or field goal. Football pits the two teams against each other. The offense, which possesses the ball, is placed against the defense, which tries to prevent the offense from advancing the ball. Several different resources can contribute to a team’s success. Some of those resources are funds, talent level of players, and favorable position on the field, which makes it easier to score points. The four sociological perspectives, structural functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, and social exchange theory, all credit different reasons for one team being able to achieve this goal more often than another team. Nevertheless, any of the sociological perspectives you view the sport from, football is a very complex entity. Football is more than just a group of men pounding one another. There is a complex equation that eventually equals success; the differences between these perspectives are the components of the equation that are most heavily weighed on for success. Although it may be a combination of all three perspectives that leads to success in football, it is fair to look at the game from each perspective individually because each holds important insight into what truly leads to a successful football team.

Playing sports in high school and college helps athletes build strong character traits and good habits that will help them throughout their lives. Athletes understand the importance of being on time, working hard, not giving up, and working as a team. All of these things help athletes become better people. Many employers like to hire former athletes because these character traits make for great

In the article “Does Football Have a Future?” Ben McGrath writes about an issue that has been plaguing football since the late 1800s. The issue is the controversy over the NFL and their football players’ health – both physically and mentally. It is most specifically over the concussion crisis. McGrath provides information from his experiences with the NFL, the players, and the doctors. Throughout the article, there are also many quotes from these experiences with the people who are involved with football. His overwhelming use of logos is what makes his position uncertain. This creates a fallacy because he does not compel the reader to have the same opinion as him. McGrath’s own opinion is unclear from the reader’s standpoint due to that fact that he presents evidence behind banning football, reforming football, and keeping football the same

For a lot of kids, it’s not until it’s all said and done, and they look back on it several years later, that they realize the difference the sport made in their lives. They are proud of playing the game. Have you ever met anybody who accomplished playing four years of high school football, and at the end of that run said, ‘Man, I wish I wouldn’t have played’? It doesn’t get said. Football players aren’t perfect. Nobody is. But millions of former players, one by one, can recount the life-altering principles they learned from football. They know the value of football is the values in football.That’s why high school football – and particularly high school coaches – play such a vital role in our society. Our football coaches are on the front lines of the battle for the hearts and minds of the boys in our society.

After graduation, college athletes receive additional benefits, even if they are not part of the admittedly tiny group of athletes with the skills to play professionally (McCormack 21). Status as a former star athlete, or even an ordinary one, can open many doors in the professional world, especially in fields like sales and marketing. People enjoy associating themselves with athletic performers, especially those from their own alma mater. In addition, many colleges have developed special programs to help former athletes return and – if they have not received their degree, as many do not – complete their education ( 22). These programs make it a relatively simple process for a former college athlete to obtain his or her degree. More and more colleges are providing programs to help former athletes in a variety of ways, with the focus on helping them earn a degree ( 25). Some of these programs are still available to

Although NFL players earn a hefty amount of money, it is not something so important that you would let go of your studies. According to Scholastic Scope, College Football players often make the game of Football as their first priority, which they aren’t supposed to be. This puts them at a huge disadvantage when they look for jobs. (Shotz, 10). If a student fails to make it to the NFL - which is very likely considering that only a very small portion of players make it to the Nationals - he or she would have to look for a job, which usually requires academic skills.

Most athletes come from poverty or a struggling home and the only thing that helps them is playing a sport they love. A report showed that “86% of players living off campus living below the federal poverty line,” (National College Players Association). This is with a “full scholarship” these athletes still live a life where they struggle and don 't have enough money to survive in the real world. The case can be made that if they make it all the way where they become professionals, they can earn a lot of money. However, the percent to play in the National Football League (NFL) is slim, in fact, there is a 1.6% chance for a college football player to go to the NFL (NCAA). With 72,788 players in the NCAA, there are 16,175 eligible players to go to the draft, but only 256 draft spots. With all those numbers there isn 't a great chance to get drafted and make millions of dollars where you can set up your family forever. So, those other 15,919 players who don 't get drafted have no financial security, unless they graduate from college with a degree. However, people

College Athletes Imagine being on the field and putting forth all effort while receiving nothing in return. College athletes dedicate all their hard work on the field to represent their college with dignity and they are not compensated as they should be. These students who are involved in sports for their college should be paid. They should be compensated some money because of all of their time spent, the dangers they are exposed to, their financial necessities, and the amount of energy that is required.

Imagine yourself watching College Football on a Saturday afternoon, but then you realize that most of these players won’t even get to play in the NFL. NFL players get paid millions of dollars a year while college athletes don’t get paid at all. Every college athlete dreams of playing at a professional level at their sport. Less than 2% of college athletes get to play professionally. College athletes train for an average of 45 hours a week, which is 5 hours each day. Some of them are offered a scholarship to college, but they get nothing after that. Sometimes players are supposed to play professionally, therefore, spend all of their time training and get injured. This would most likely lead to professional sports teams not wanting to pick him or her because of the injury. Even those who do play professionally may not have the best financial management skills

The first point being,is that out of every one hundred kids,and or adults only three of them only three make it to the NFL.First,There are many that fit into this category of being one of the best football players but not the best student athlete getting in trouble for smoking weed or something like that the NFL will take someone with less talent and better as an athlete.Another scenario is when you are going for one position,and your coaches told you that you need to know how to play more than one position,and all the teams have fulfilled that position already with someone better with experience,or a better rookie.A final scenario is when you in college and high school you ran similar offenses and then when you get ready to gopro and you can’t learn the plays right,or the formations to line up,and the quarterback is the leader on the field.This is just one factor to the life of a NFL player to a guy who just played college this makes any difference.

Since its creation in 1869, football has been a major part of American society. Americans love the intensity and display of sportsmanship on and off the field. Every Sunday almost every television in America is tuned to CBS, NBC or FOX anticipating the opening kickoff for their favorite team. The National Football League, popularly known as just the NFL, is the largest professional American football league in the world. It hosts a total of 32 teams, each representing a state in the U.S. Some states are lucky enough to have more than one team representing different cities. Football season usually gets started around early August with all 32 teams playing at least four exhibition games. These pre-season games are good for introducing rookie

All the expenses that they have to acquire overwhelm many students that attend college. When this occurs, they tend to dropout, or struggle with taking on college courses and working. What is so amazing is that high school athletes think that is they attend college for a year or two, they can go on and make a career on a professional level. They do not understand that if they do go professional, it will not always last. They will eventually have to go to college anyway. So, why not go ahead, get a good education, and have a successful career.

The transition out of sport can be problematic for professional, elite, collegiate, and high school athletes. In addition, Warriner and Lavallee (2008) stated that the retirement process is specific to the individual. It is imperative to also evaluate athletes’ transition out of sport on an individual level. Before evaluating the literature, it is important to understand the majority of research that has documented individual perspectives is predominantly qualitative. Most studies utilized small sample sizes with semi-structured interviews. However, some authors utilized various quantitative measures as well, i.e., the Athlete Retirement Questionnaire (AIQ), the Life After Sports Scale (LASS), the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS), and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS). Therefore, validation of the findings will be determined by the level of consistency among the different studies.