These numbers clearly show that the more you play football the more likely you are to become depressed down the road. There is also no debate that the health of players should be the top priority for any organization in charge of football. While it is easy for some to say football is too dangerous to be played it is harder to admit that the general public is the biggest reason why it is still being played. The population's obsession with the game of football is the driving force behind the game that the same exact people are saying should not be played. Football players know the risk they put themselves at every day and they have made a conscious decision that the risk is worth the reward.
Should kids play football? Football is an amazing sport and it is an American tradition but the game is so risky. Football is a great sport but kids should not be able to play football because the game is just so dangerous. Many parents and kids are really considering their decisions to play football. Seeing how the game truly is such a risk.
In Friday Night Lights, Shows how football was everything, even to teachers, and everyone who was affiliated with the school. In the book, you notice how some dreams had been crushed, the player that shows it the most it Booby Miles, a running back who was set to have an outstanding year until he was forced out with a leg injury. You get to see how Booby deals with his whole life including his fights with racism. I have seen the book, and also the movie. I honestly liked the movie a little better.
Given the fact that, for them, the game of football is a job, they should have every expectation that their employer will protect them. Secondly, the effects of the physical contact endured by players usually are not seen until years later. Football players may think that they are fine because they get up and walk away after each hit but it is well known now that football players do suffer major physical effects. These players are suffering some degree of damage with probably every hard contact. In fact, as stated by Epstein, "brain trauma in football may start much earlier, and much less conspicuously, with hits that never raise an eyebrow, much less a penalty flag".
Rice's contract was terminated by the Ravens on September 8, 2014 following the release of an additional video of the incident. Rice was unquestionably persecuted for the assault against his then fiancé, now wife. Rice’s actions and the rising video showing the incident, resulted him to lose his job not only to being a running back for the Baltimore Ravens, but the whole league itself. No other team in the NFL wants to sign Rice to their team because of his assault which has a left a permanent bad look on his career. Society’s response to the persecution was very normal to any case that deals with a well known person or even a person who isn't well known, that has been assaulted with violence.
French 1 Marcus French Mr. Swan Van Lent ELA 11/Period 2 4 April 2013 Dangers of Football In our world today, safety precautions are being taken during heavy contact sports, such as football, but are these precautions safe enough? This sport of American football has been the root of concussions in both youth and professional play. With that being said there are organizations adding rules to stop the pandemic, but it seems as if it is not enough. Also the rules and precautions that have been added have slowed the flow of the game; meaning football is less exciting. I realize this may not seem as big as of a problem, you know the old saying “Boys will be Boys” well imagine if it were your son getting injured or even getting possible permanent brain damage.
Sports athletes are unique people. Once they reach the pinnacle of success and are known to the world, they symbolize and represent the communities in which they are from. Pierre Garcon was an underrated player for the Indianapolis Colts. And in 2010 when he recorded an NFL record eleven receptions in the conference championship game, he gave some happiness back to the Haitians who had just lost their world to the tragic earthquake. Garcon is a hero, not because of the way he performed when his country was in turmoil, but because of the way he was able to go out, strap on his pads, and proudly represent his people despite being affected emotionally by the earthquake.
By looking at different cues and concepts the coach is able to pick up the faults of the athlete and transform them into strong attributes thus making that athlete the most efficient as possible. One of the most fundamentally profound coaches of athletics was Vince Lombardi who spent endless hours teaching tackling and blocking two of the most needed and important aspects of football. It is with great regard for this man that this paper will tackle one of those fundamental aspects of football, the proper tackling form. Tackling is an art form when performed and coached properly. It is often the most neglected aspect of the football fundamentals as seen by the dismal display put on in the NFL and College.
For example I was once at a game where a man sitting next to me was asked to leave because he was standing up too frequently. In the few college games I've been to I would find myself standing a lot more than I was sitting. In college football there are also rivalries that date back half a century. Their are teams that genuinely hate each other like when Texas plays Oklahoma and when Ohio State plays Michigan. They mark the date in their calendars and prepare differently.
When I first arrived on the football team there were no expectations. It was the teams’ second year varsity and they just recovered from a defeated season (0-10). The year I played we went 4-6, this season I made the varsity team as a freshman. My role on the team was not important up until my junior year, but my sophomore year is what changed me the most. My sophomore year my team went 12-0(undefeated) we won the thing.