Roles Of Risk Management In The National Football Industry

In the 1920’s, football players actually died on the field! Insufficient protection and rules against hits, which are banned today, resulted in the death of players. Football rules have changed drastically from the 1920’s through 2016. In the past few decades, NFL owners meet annually to discuss and vote to implement new rules. Three changes to the 2016 NFL football rules, Point After Attempt (PATs), coach to player communication, and chop blocks affects the way the game is played.

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.

Helmet-to-helmet collisions are occurrences in American football when two players' helmets make head-to-head contact with a high degree of force. Despite its long association with the sport, this type of contact is now considered to be dangerous play by league authorities due to the potential of causing serious injury. Major football leagues, such as the NFL and NCAA, have taken a tougher stance on helmet-to-helmet collisions after the US Congress launched an investigation into the effects repeated concussions have on football players.[1] Other possible injuries include head traumas, spinal cord injuries, and even death; nevertheless helmet manufacturers are constantly improving their designs in order to best protect their users against injuries

In the past four years, the National Football League “NFL” has made several changes to the NFL rulebook advocating safety by adding rules and implementing fines on players who fail to follow these policies. Rules such as the two-a-days ban, kickoff return rule change, helmet to helmet contact fines, requirement of NFL players to use the HITS System, and banning of players to return to playing football the same day they received their concussion were examples of measures taken by the NFL that promote safety. Although most of these players oppose the reformed rules, the NFL executives support these rulings feeling it reduces the amount of serious injuries. It is imperative for the NFL to retain its recently added safety rules, since it

The Super Bowl is the biggest sports event of the year. But football is an inherently violent sport, with large bodies colliding with one another with tremendous force. The name of the game is to hit somebody, and as a result, injuries in football are very common and often serious enough to require a trip to the emergency room. Fortunately, many football injuries can be prevented by wearing the right equipment, playing within the rules, and using proper technique.

As defined by GAO, Risk Management is a systematic process to consider the likelihood that a threat will endanger an asset, individual, or function, and to identify actions to reduce the risk and mitigate the consequences of an attack. (Decker 2002, pg.1) At the end of that definition are two words that define what we face when it comes to terrorism. Some will argue that an attack on the homeland is inevitable and yet others will argue that such an attack is preventable. What is undeniable is that the risk of an attack cannot be completely eliminated. Even the best prevention efforts and methods will only reduce risk and mitigate consequences. As difficult as it for terrorist groups to carry out plans and ultimately attacks on their

On November 18, 1985 Lawrence Taylor rushed Joe Theisman, long time Quarterback of the Washington Redskins, from behind and tackled him in the legs and comminuted compound fractured his left leg. This was an injury that could not have been prevented with better pant equipment. Equipment alone cannot stop concussions in a sport in which collisions are a part of every play. Football is a violent sport in which injuries occur; it is inevitable. The evolution of the equipment in the National Football League (NFL) is supposed to stop the concussion rate; however it is becoming more of a problem with the new helmets. However the equipment is only half of the problem. The lack of technique in the NFL is also being pointed at as a major problem

(Pinkerton, 2014) The daily commute to and from work seems safe, but the risk of death attributed automobile accidents, with the U.S. having over 35,200 fatalities, in 2016. (Chen, 2016) Furthermore, the automobile industry and the Department of Transportation implement safety standards, such as seat belts, speed limits, airbags, and other vehicle restrain systems, in attempt to mitigate risks.

Defining acceptable risk is difficult because the degree to which defining 'acceptable' is situational. The level of occupational risk acceptable for someone who is a professional auto racer is different from an acceptable level of risk for someone who is a teacher. Calculating risk involves determining the probability and severity of likely safety incidents (Manuele 101). However, the degree of toleration of such risks will depend on the organizational culture of the institution (a fitness company might be more tolerant of the risks of taking employees on a mountain-climbing 'bonding' expedition than an accounting firm) and also its location (international firms are aware of the fact that certain areas of the world are more dangerous than others). However, regardless of the organizational culture, it is the responsibility of the safety professional to reinforce the message that safety is an important and valuable consideration that employers must take proactive steps to ensure. Managers must incorporate the principles of safety into the organization's vision, values, rules, and directives (Manuele 80-81).

“Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.” Vince Lombardi once said this, and many people will agree that football is more than just a game, it is indeed, a way of life. The real question is, is this game we call football truly safe or not? Even though many retired National Football League players are at a battle with the effects of brain damage, the NFL’s concussion protocol is the best that it has ever been and continues to advance. The league has donated millions of dollars to research concussions and to help better educate the players, and also they have been advancing equipment and enforcing tougher penalties toward head-to-head

Protecting, deterring, and in the event of an attack, responding, are all a part of the risk reduction plans. Protecting critical infrastructures is the most important priority in risk management and the number one priority of homeland security. Protecting against threats includes training those involved with the plan, response training and exercises, and the equipment and technology needed. Deterring threats involves devising countermeasures and testing them. Implementing countermeasures helps reduce or eliminate the fall out of an attack or disaster. If these countermeasures are tested and found to not significantly impact the level of risk, they are

Risk management is very important in the homeland security enterprise since it is one of the core missions of the lead agency in charge of homeland security matters in the United States, which is the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (Masse, O’Neil & Rollins, 2007, p. 1). The main mission of the DHS is to proactively identify threats to the homeland and to reduce the risks of those threats, which will hopefully prevent the threat from occurring (Masse, O’Neil & Rollins, 2007, pp. 1, 3). However, most of the times the risks cannot be completely eliminated; most of the times they can only be reduced (Masse, O’Neil & Rollins, 2007, pp. 1, 3). Therefore, preventing threats and reducing risks can only be accomplished through risk management, which is why it is so critical in the homeland security enterprise. Risk management can help identify homeland security priorities, it can improve resource allocation efficacy, and it can make grant funding programs more effective.

It will look at the definitions of risk and discuss two case studies which reflect how the experts’ knowledge has influenced the perception of risks and the subsequent management of these risks. It will also look at the sociological theory of risk created by Ulrich Beck and how

Homeland Security is about effectively managing risks to the Nation’s security (DHS, 2010). The Department of Homeland Security and many other security and defense organizations rely on a process of identifying risks, the consequences of those risks, the vulnerabilities of a potential threat, and the likelihood of a specific target (infrastructure, resource, and/or people) will actually suffer the attack. This process is commonly referred to as Risk Management. Risk Management is the “process for identifying, analyzing, and communicating risk and accepting, avoiding, transferring, or controlling it to an acceptable level considering associated costs and benefits of any actions taken” (DHS, 2015).

Playing sports involves a strong commitment, focus and intensive training from athletes. To protect the well-being and lives of athletes, proper safety measures are very important and necessary. The prime argument is whether or not new equipment and rules should be placed in the NFL to improve player safety. Like many others I deem that new rules and equipment should be placed in the NFL. Athletes and parents of the athletes will agree with me and appeal to this issue. If new rules and equipment are imposed in the NFL more players won’t be forced to retire as a result of an injury. Future health issues will furthermore be reduced in the players. Players will additionally be less inclined to receive insurance money after an injury, which usually is a finical loss in the NFL. However many sports analysts all have a concern that our society will lose interest and that football will die out due to the extensive rules that have been placed to prevent injuries.