What Is Changing America's Future

“This sport will never die, but it will never again be, as it was until recently, the subject of uncomplicated national enthusiasm.” This thesis statement introduces us to the basis of what this article sets out to convey. Football is a tradition that is loved by America, but previously lacked the issue of concern that it does now. The most concerning issue that the author is talking about is chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Caused by multiple head injuries, over a span of time, this disease results in atrophy of the brain, mood disorders, and dementia. The hidden damage caused by these injuries is taken into consideration when deciding to play football, however it is believed that this risk will deter players from joining in

In 2015, a movie starring Will Smith as a doctor named Bennett Omalu who is researching how a former football player died when he discovered a brain disorder that is related to Alzheimer’s disease and attempted to warn people about the head-related dangers of football. This nonfiction movie is about just the beginning of the football concussion problems, but the problems still exist today. All players are at risk, not only professionals, but kids as well. Countless concussions by football players have lead to trauma and even death. Officials in charge of these games need to make the game safer for all players and better equipment is required or football may go extinct in the future.

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 are not a big issue. Some players are too worried about their playing time to realize the consequences of getting concussions repeatedly. Therefore, some football players do not tell the coaches about their concussions. In addition, coaches also have a problem with the safety of football affecting their programs. Some coaches fear that football programs will shut down because of the controversy of how football can lead to brain damage. Besides parents, players, and coaches, doctors have a big say in the controversy. Neurologists, who are specialists in the disorders of nerves and the nervous system, have recently studied the link between football and brain damage. According to Jacob Vanlandingham, who is the founder and president of Prevacus Incorporated, a company who primarily studies concussions, said that “Doctors diagnose approximately 67,000 concussions in high school football players every year” (Vanlandingham, p.1). Nevertheless, some stakeholders, including ex-football players, believe that everything has already been done to make football as safe as possible. Football organizations have made new rules and placed new programs in order to keep young players healthy and to keep football programs from shutting down. The big controversial question that all stakeholders are asking is, “Is football doing enough to protect young children?”

One of most dangerous sports in the world is also one of the most loved. Professional football has been America’s favorite sport since the NFL was founded on August 20th, 1920 and, its popularity is growing with Super Bowl XLIX raking in 114.4 million viewers to become the most watched telecast in U.S. history. The record they broke was previously owned by the 2014 Super Bowl, which received 112.2 million viewers. It also is one of the biggest markets with players, owners, general managers and TV networks, making millions of dollars each time a game is aired. But with this comes a consequence, something millions of American and international viewers are willing to ignore, the physical and mental health of the athletes that play the sport. Professional

On the websites and article I researched Concussions and other sports injuries and how they have affected the medical field and made that field stronger. In the first article I found it talked mainly about concussions and about how they are always a bad thing when an athlete gets one but in the medical field each time an athlete has gotten one it has led to major advances in the medical field of concussions. Advances in sports medicine has come a long way within half a century, it has gone from coaches only being able to ask “How many fingers am I holding up”, to EMTs being able to diagnose a concussion on the spot and being able to treat it. Not only has our knowledge of being able to diagnose concussions has gone up but also our knowledge of what to do when

Since 1970, the football game has become an entertainment show for the audience. These aficionados have expectations from their teams. If the game shows hard-hitting, punishing, and violence defense, the game intoxicates the audience. However, the current way these players play is not normal, they are in danger of sacrificing their bodies. Harry Carson, an American football player and an author of Captain for Life, emphasizes, “the human body was not created or build to play football” (League Denial). The essence of Carson’s argument is that the body is not made of iron to resist such a violent and brutal beating. Unfortunately, most NFL players have preferred to quietly deal with their painful headaches that often time resulted from strong blows to the head during the game. To sooth their pains, they have the determination of controlling the situation by taking painkillers. Although these relievers minimize the pain, they fail to reduce the long-term damage

The beloved American sport that consists of tackling others to the ground and trying to make a touchdown to lead the team to victory has become too dangerous to play. We let our children play the risky sport at a young age and think it is just for fun. Meanwhile, they are falling in love with the game and soon will develop dreams of playing in the big league. At that point it is too late, just as some families were too late when their football player get a concussion on the field, grow old with Alzheimer's disease, or even CTE, the chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Although America is aware of the issue, the sport is continuing to ruin lives.

To appease both former and current NFL athletes affected by this issue, it would be beneficial for the league to formally organize (and publically announce) the integration of a workshop on the potential dangers and medical implications of playing football. Showing an interest in their athletes’ health will rectify some of the general carelessness the NFL has exhibited.

Football’s popularity has been slightly declining over the past few years, mostly because of the unease parents have for their children’s safety. These apprehensions rightfully exist, concussions are very frequent among football players and can develop into serious complications; including death. There are also injuries other than concussions correlated with football, after all it is a contact sport. It’s no secret the game is cruel towards the body, I’ll be the first to tell you that it doesn’t feel charming getting crushed into the ground by a two hundred fifty plus pound behemoth. However, in 2013 there were

Bruce Watson, author of “When Theodore Roosevelt Saved Football,” explored the impact that the former president, Theodore Roosevelt had on football. One of the main objectives of the author was to inform the reader about how the game of football was different compared to the way we play the game today. The author, “Bruce Watson” went deep into detail about how injuries to players were occurring at alarming rates. Football today stands accused of causing brain damage and spinal injuries, but football in Roosevelt’s time was often lethal. Players wore flimsy padding and leather helmets. Every game saw several players carried unconscious from the field. During Roosevelt’s time 45 young men died playing college or high school football. Theodore

This article discusses how doctors, specifically pediatricians, are currently debating on whether or not high school football should be banned due to risks of concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Because recent studies have shown that CTE, a degenerative brain disease, is linked to brain trauma that so often comes from football. In fact, football players have the highest rate of concussion in all sports, according to Dr. Lewis Margolis of the University of North Carolina. His solution? Postponing

Football was something I knew I loved in the matter of a play, but I didn’t know how life threatening it could be. Not only at the moment, but also the effects it can cause in the future. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year U.S. emergency rooms care for an estimated 135,000 children ages 5 to 18 for sports-related brain injuries. As a youth playing football, you have cuts, and bruises. But most of the injuries playing football is are concussions.

Some might say America’s future is bright, and those who disagree are cynical, but that notion is wrong. Throughout America’s long and bloody history, our leaders have made mistakes that have cost us mistakes. From poverty, to debt, to wars, it’s known that America would do anything to be on top. Even today, we continue to make these mistakes. America is always seen as a top dog. Is our country really at the top, or is that just a common misconception?

America has always been viewed as the richest and freest nation in the world. America has grown from thirteen self-governed states, to a nation with a strong central government of power and wealth. The change in society has allowed the U.S. to grow into what it is today. Without the change in views and the responsibility of the citizens the economy would have never grown to be strong and wealth. The nation is effected by many different variables. One variable effects the other. The nation was started and has progressed to where it is today, but with rises and downfalls in all areas of life from education and small families to economics and large businesses.

The way the future is heading seems to be very clear but as before things may