Brief Situation summary: a. The issue that the NFL is facing is fans in complete outrage over a very controversial ruling made by replacement referees, and later backed by the NFL, during the Seattle Seahawks game against the Green bay Packers on Monday September 24th, which lead to a 14-12 victory for the Seahawks. The ruling is that the touchdown scored by Seahawks receiver Golden Tate was ruled as “joint possession” since the ball was also in the arms of Packers safety M.D. Jennings. Under NFL rules, joint possessions results in offensive possession that gave the Seahawks the winning touchdown.
Many attempts have been made but it is impossible to make this game safe despite rule changes recently added to the rule book, the newfound studies of concussions, and the improvement of equipment. NFL players Mike Mitchell and LaMarr Woodley believes that the nature of football has changed, and that people are more worried about getting hurt because of the aggressiveness. Mitchell perspective on this is that rules are changing the entire purpose of the game. "I signed up to play full speed, contact football. I feel like I gotta ask a guy 'hey are you ready for me to hit you right now?'
Most commonly in linemen and defensive players (Sama 1). The cause of this injury is usually when two players are tackling each other at a high-speed headfirst. The acceleration of head on the neck causes a whiplash (1). One tackling method of football that is now banned, spearing was a significant cause of a C- spine injury. This is because this method involved a player using his head as the first point of contact with another player (1).
National football league is a very high price market and it product is valuable beyond means. Economically the national football league gross nearly 9 billion dollars in total revenues last year. So this summer the (NFL) officials decided to strike because they felt weren't being paid enough compared to what the league was grossing yearly. A source stated from a union official that it would cost the N.F.L just 3.2 million annually, if the league met all of the demands a fraction of the 9 billion (New York Times). The referees had not been trained properly and were thrower in to the pot.
AFL and NFL Merger of 1970 Have you ever watched one of America’s most popular sports? The game of courage, heart, and determination. The game that separates the boys from the men. The game of football. But have you ever stopped to think about how the NFL came to be?
Football Too Dangerous? High School Football has become more dangerous over the years due to the causes of brain disease, Concussions and fractures. High school football players nationally, have sustained more than half a million injuries. High School football has been shown to become more dangerous due to high levels of ankle and knee injuries. The player’s positions that sustained more of these tragic injuries were “Running Backs” also “Linebackers”.
It makes it no fun, because the talent difference is a big factor. Big schools schedule the smaller schools early in the season to get them ready for the conference games later on in the season. They play these games also to work out any kinks they may have with their team. That explains the ridiculous scoring in college football. The NFL stands for National Football League.
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. A concussion is a disturbance in brain function that occurs following either a blow to the head or as a result of the violent shaking of the head. Common symptoms of concussions include headache, amnesia, confusion, pressure in the head, dizziness, nausea or vomiting, ringing in the ears, slurred speech, sensitivity to light or noise, fatigue.
Concussions: Terrell (2004) defined concussions as a mild traumatic brain injury and occurs when the mental state of a person has been altered due to a direct or indirect hit to the head or surrounding area including the face or neck. STAR Rating: Rowson & Duma (2011) define the STAR Rating as “the Summation of Tests for the Analysis of Risk (STAR) equation relates on-field impact exposure to a series of 24 drop tests performed at four impact locations and six impact energy levels.” (p. 2130) Delimitations: This study will be delimited by the following factors: 1. Participants in this study will be delimited to college and high school football programs in the surrounding area. 2. Data will be collected from March 1, 2013 to March 17, 2013 or until enough data has been collected prior to March 17, 2013.
Teaching Students with Traumatic Brain Injuries Mike Willis Grand Canyon University: EED 358 September 7, 2013 Teaching Students with Traumatic Brain Injuries Ready, Set, Hut, Hut! Not until recently there was a lot of discussion with people that were diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). TBI occurs when there is an injury to the head that is so strong that is causes damage to the brain. It can also occur if shaken way too hard. This condition has been discussed more frequently since a lot of NFL players has been diagnosed with this due to constant aggravation to the brain on the field due to constant tackling.