Missed Blocks: Football Life

The NFL can vote to keep instant replay out of the game every year, but the owners will never get rid of it. That's because like it or not, the NFL has instant replay. It comes courtesy of television and Jumbotron. And it's leaving the leagues officials vulnerable to widespread and immediate second-guessing from fans, coaches and players a net inside every stadium. The officials, in a matter speaking, are left working without.

The targeting rule in college football could be the “most significant rule” change ever made in the game (Matter). According to Greg Johnson of the NCAA, the rule was passed by the Football Rules Committee of the NCAA in February of 2013 to be implemented with the 2013 fall football season and is consistent with the committees’ continued attempt to address player safety. The new rule now places a tougher penalty on the defensive player for dangerous contact with the offensive player, notably direct helmet-to-helmet hits, or hits aimed above the shoulders of the offensive player. This direct, helmet-to-helmet contact is known as targeting. Although the implementation of the new targeting rule is controversial, it will help to

The rush under those Friday night lights is like no other, sometimes making me feel invincible during such a dangerous game, but on the night of September 3rd, I learned that feeling is incorrect. While taking my middle linebacker position, the outside world faded away. My mind was on the game, the enemy, the football, and nothing could distract me from what I do best. As the ball was snapped, my attention dialed on the opposing guard, instantly showing me the play was a toss to the outside, and I pursued. While maneuvering over to tackle the runner, I watched as the ball flew to their tailback, my target. Shifting through blockers, I met my destination and scoped out the runner, and he was sprinting directly at me. As I built momentum and dropped my head to spear the runner, he did the same, causing a brutal head to head collision. Even though I tackled the opponent, my throbbing neck and blurry vision told me something was not right and was later informed those were the symptoms of a concussion. I should not have stayed in the game. This is why there should be more precautions taken to prevent concussions in sports. These include properly informing athletes and coaches about concussions and making other small adjustments such as limited contact in practice and stricter rules during the game.

Player safety has been an issue for the National Football League since the start of the league, but has taken on a greater importance in recent years. Now, when a player is injured after a play, he must sit out for at least one play to allow the team’s trainer to assess his injury and make sure he is fit to return to play. Many say the NFL is very invested in player safety, and the protocols recently introduced have drastically changed the way athletes are assessed and eventually released to return to the field. These changes were necessary in order to protect players from serious injury and long-term health issues. There are many possible reasons the NFL has increased its emphasis on player safety, including, many people are disturbed by the violence of the game, fewer kids are playing football at the youth and high school levels, league sponsors are worried about bad publicity, and there are lawsuits against the NFL dealing with the long-term effects of brain damage. These reasons make many ponder, “Does the NFL really care about player safety, or are they just saving themselves from bad public relations, and the detrimental economic effects that may result from them?”

I understand why the American devotion to football is ridiculed; we as a nation go crazy over watching people turn themselves into guided missiles. I am one of those guided missiles, and I relish that. For all the danger, all the sweat and bruises and aches, there’s nothing like being able to just run and hit people without fear. All the sudden, that dauntlessness was gone. My involvement in the game was limited to watching the scoreboard—down 24 points, then 30, then 36, now 40—all from the sideline. What had I done wrong?

In any sport there will be injuries, however with the NFL the risk of getting injured is higher than any other sport. Players in the NFL are likely to get a concussion. It could be the physicality of the sport. Football has a

The way football is played has been thoroughly changed over the years. Football used to be a sport where the defense was much more involved in many different scenarios and stops. Nowadays you cannot tackle aiming for the chest, head, or just a defenseless player in general, leading with the helmet of your gear. This rule is called targeting, and it was implemented to the game in 2013. Many players and coaches believe that this rule has made tackling too beneficial for the offense, as well as giving them a very safe field to play on. Since football has been changed to become more of a game that the offense controls, there has been much more scoring. Scoring gets the offense on each team on and off the field

It’s the last game of the season 1 minute left in the fourth quarter. You have the football in your hands; you weave in and out of defenders trying to score and BANG… You get tackled and slammed to the ground causing you to bounce your helmet off of the hard turf. You're slow to get up and you’re coach pulls you out for a play to check to see if you’re ok. You tell him you’re good that you simply just “got your bell rung”; you tell him that your team needs you. He questions the decision, but he tells you to strap your helmet back on and get out there. The next play you feel sluggish but you play through it, the quarterback snaps the ball and hands it off to you, running straight through

In conclusion, if a player plays the game of football right with the help of his coaching staff, the risk of getting injured is greatly decreased. Along with good coaching, the Improvement in equipment and the penalties for Head to Head contact and blocks below the knees all make football a safer sport to play. Without these three things, football would be a ruthless sport with almost a guarantee of getting injured. These three things make football a much safer sport to play and it gives one physical activity, bonding with teammates, memories and just plain old

Football is one of America’s favorite sports. It originated from soccer and rugby. This kind of sport is very competitive. The main point of the game is to score points by carrying the ball from a starting point to a 100-yard long by 53-yard wide field into a marked zone. Each team has a Y-shaped structured called the field goal the players. The game is divided into timing sections ranging from 12 to 15 minutes quarters. Often times, the players become violent during the game. This happens when they have to tackle each other for the ball. During this tackling period, players injured, but like anything in life it possesses risks known to the athletes before signing a contract with the NFL’s (National Football League) owner.

My whole life I’ve been playing football and also watching football. To me football has been the best thing that has happened to my life. I love it so much, just how the game works with all the pieces that come together. Playing football gives you a better understanding of the game. I’ve played football for 8 years, throughout those years; my knowledge of the game has increased so much. Playing the sport really helps you compare yourself to them and gives you a better understanding on why penalties happen. Now in recent years football has taken a big turn in player safety. I feel that player safety is important but still is ruining the game. The public affected it big time. There are many rules of what you can and can’t do. Some are;

Another point being,is once making it to the NFL does not mean that you're not going to be hurt,this is not the NBA playing hard on offensive,but play no defensive this is a brutal game trying to push your team to the next step in the franchise,and they will do anything.There are several examples,of this many people know Bo Jackson he was a great running back,and had a

I observed that she is from a Spanish speaking country, living in the rural area. She was a tom-boy who loves to take care of bulls. The first time she saw a picture of a bullfighter, she became interested in the sport. She started the sport at a young age and when all the men in her family failed at their attempt she didn’t fail. She was dedicated in becoming a professional matador in which she did. Before she enters the bull ring she practice her routine, dressing in her jump shot of fine patterns and dazzling decorations. In the ring, she uses a red flag to distract the bull in order to kill it. The way she moves in the ring reveals her love for the sport.

Football is a game of passion, a time when nothing else matters and the only thing that matters is going out there having fun and fighting for the guy next to you. Football has always been something that I loved and had a wild passion for. I’ve made friendships and memories to last a life time and I can always be grateful that football did that for me. Now of course I’ve had some bad memories during football as well, I remember walking out of the film room on the last day of spring ball and having Coach Antle grab me and say “Gage, I think I want to try you at a new position, I want to put you at defensive end. We need you more there and we think you can really excel there.” I remember being so furious, I had played linebacker ever since I could remember and now the last day of spring ball my senior year everything was about to change.

Tackle football is becoming a feared and avoided sport. Less parents are signing their kids up for football, and if already a part of the team, many are taking their children out of it. Even past NFL superstars have expressed words of regret towards playing football. Though they can't be blamed, the sport is causing serious injuries to players of all ages.