Throughout America’s history, football has been well known and a popular sport. Throughout the years, however, the safety of helmets have always been in question. As time went on, the amount of injuries significantly went down the helmets did not solve the problem completely. On November 6, 1869 the first "football" game took place. In my research I found that helmets were not mandatory until the 30’s which left a lot of players open to injury especially when half the players were wearing helmets and the other half were not while playing on the field.
My son playing football My son wants to play football for his high school and I don’t want him to. There are many different reasons why he wants to play and many reasons I don’t want him to play. When deciding whether to let your child play football is a very important decision that you as a parent have to consider multiple things. You have to look at the health risks, the dangers and the long term effects of playing football. There are many different health risks hat football players endure on a daily basis.
The Blind Side Michael Oher is a seventeen year old guy that was basically all alone; he was just all by himself because his mother was a drug addict who left him and his other brothers when they were little. He was living with one of his family members but it didn’t seem enough so the family members he was living with decided to try to get Michael into Wingate Christian School. But it all worked out actually thanks to Coach Burt’s persuasiveness to let him in because he knew Michael could be a great part of the football program they had at school. Things were really odd and strange to Michael when he had his first day at Wingate Christian School because he hadn’t been at school for so long and because he didn’t knew what students and teachers were discussing
According to the Motivational Theory, Brett Favre was put on this earth to play football; he lives for football. The forces within Favre drove him to keep playing football. The level of conflict Favre has going inside is insanely high. As a superstar football player made a big decision to come back and play more football, there were many people he feels he must please to keep his fame. The anxiety level that comes along with these conflicts has to be tremendous on oneself.
At this point in the movie each of his players has their head down, because they are losing. He only has three minutes to encourage his team to play better at the game. He explains to them “I pissed away all my money, chased away all of the people that loved me, and lately I can’t stand the person I see in the mirror” (D’Amato: Any Given Sunday). His example sets up a personal mindset of what a loser gets in life. D’Amato was mad at himself for such things he’s done as middle-age man.
Young football players who love the game of football and have NFL dreams, are getting cut short by injuries in high school. Most players who do have a brain disease they have C.T.E (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) Researchers found that college football players get injured more often than high school players, but high school athletes are more likely to end up severely injured. Based on almost 1,900 injury reports submitted to the RIO, the researcher’s estimate there were 517,726 football related injuries during the 2005-2006 season at the high school level across the United States. Some say football is safe to play at a young age, but in reality it’s not. Children under the age of 14 are mostly reckless and competitive so when you have them play football even the pros get hurt.
Most football players wont even realize when they have concussions. When a football player experiences a concussion they experience a temporary, trauma- induced an alteration in mental status (Tyler and Nelson 1). Also the player will hear a “bell-ringing” noise, which can cause lasting physical and mental injury, or even result in death (1). According to Tyler and Nelson, “Studies released by the American Academy of Neurology and the National Brain Injury Association indicate that 10% of college and 20% of high school football players receive brain injuries in any given season” (1). Many f these concussions are temporary, but if a player receives their first concussion are four times more likely to receive a second than someone who has never had one (1).
But the faith someone has to overcome all of the usual abilities it takes to be a competitive football player never comes into play, as it may be just a personal inclination. As a scholar and students capacity, such as myself, may be influenced by my responsibilities as a student and accomplishing a passing grade is equated to scoring a goal or executing my dream play, to do my very best in preparation for game day. When it comes to participating in the right advance placement classes, being involved with the class council, or taking advance college courses, I
College football is important to the athletes, the students, and the university, and should not be banned. It allows the athletes the opportunity to get a college education, but more importantly for the athletes who never considered college at all. While striving towards a college degree, the sport also helps the athletes to have a better life, learn responsibility, discipline, and in a team-based environment, aiming for one common goal while playing a game that they love; the game that started the rest of their lives. The team also unifies the
I am not much of a football fan myself, but my friend and his family are. When I go over to his house, most of what his parents talk about is football. I have watched a game with him and his parents, and when something goes wrong in the game, they get too angry and just completely over-react about it. Football is also very over-competetive. To the fans watching the game, it is always about winning and never losing.