Safety for Football Players

“Mom, can I play football?” is a question several parents receive from their children. Of course, the parents want to give their child what they want, but the parents have to consider the safety measures as well. The parents begin to think of the positive effects of football such as learning how to work together as a team and also being athletic and healthy. The Friday night football games and the hot cocoa all sound inviting, but then the negative effects of football slowly creep into their mind

school football game, a player tackled another, Charles Youvella, but two days later, a tragedy occurred. Youvella sustained a brain injury, and died in the hospital, according to CBS News. Most people view high school football as a way of exercise, but it can cause danger. Throughout the history of high school football, several students have injured themselves or worse; high school football needs to provide better safety for their players. Charles Youvella, the before mentioned player who died

The safety of young football players for years has been a long growing concern and controversy for parents, players, high school coaches and school officials, and as well as NFL coaches and medical professionals in America. Parents worry about their children getting injured or concussions during the game. Furthermore, many parents believe that football can be safer and that the organization of football is not doing enough to protect players and their safety. However, to some football players concussions

The games of American football and rugby are both extremely popular sports with a similar basic aim and structure of play. However, these two sports vary in many aspects of the game. Rugby has a greater international reach, different regulations and rules of play, and smaller risk of injury. First of all, although both American football and rugby are very common sports, the locations and origins of the sports are drastically different. Football originated in the United States, which is where the

safe playing the best sport, football. Clearly American football is safe because the players wear safety gear, learn to tackle properly, and stretch before and after a playing period. The first reason is safety gear makes football more safe because of the following.The helmet goes on a player’s head & they are made up of polycarbonate shells. That is safe because the helmets have big pads inside the shell to support the head on contact. The the next reason that safety gear is safe is the shoulder

The game of football was first played in 1869 at the college level, and the National Football League (NFL) was originally founded in 1920 and began to expand soon after (NFL). Even in the early 1900s, player safety and concussions were at the center of football-related activities. There were various articles published in medical journals to document the amount of brain trauma endured on the football field. The National Football League has turned a blind eye to player safety for over ninety 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

created man, woman, and football. Well, that may not be quite how it goes, but being from the south, one may tend to think so. Football is one of America 's favorite pastimes and has been for quite a while now. It usually consumes the weekends with high school football on Friday nights, college football on Saturdays, and finishing the weekend with the NFL on Sundays. Football may seem to be all fun and games but there have been some recent arguments on the safety of the players. Researchers are digging

American Football, Should Not Be Abolished The essay American Football is too Dangerous, and Should be Abolished by Dave Bry discusses his opinion on why he thinks American Football should be ended. The author believes that football is immoral. By immoral, he writes that the fans enjoy watching the players play violently. The author also states that the players put their lives at risk because they are given a large compensation or “let-your-parents-retire-and-set-up-the-next-generation-of-your-family-to-go-college-money”

Safest Sprint Starting Position for American Football Players?” a research article from Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, authors Bruno Bonnechere, Benoit Beyer, Marcel Rooze, and Jan Serge Van Sint, argue that out of the three sprint start positions in football (2-, 3-, and 4-point), the 2-point stance is the least dangerous. To prove this, a study was conducted on these positions and compared each to the safety levels in relation to American football. The results justify that the 2-point stance