How would you feel, as a parent, watching your child get hit by another child on the football field, pass out, and have to be rushed to the hospital? No parent or child, for that matter, would ever want to be put through the trauma of that situation. However, this exact event is based on a true story, one of a 13 year old on the Chaminade Middle School tackle football team. I was on that team with him. The facts are there. If children are able to play tackle football at young ages, the risks are significantly higher for them to suffer a concussion and start the downward spiral of brain conditions that can come. We cannot prevent children from playing
So, you're a high school football star. You're playing a match, you've caught the ball thrown to you, then get tackled. Your head hits the ground with a loud, audible thump. And now, you have a concussion. This kind of thing happens to football stars all across the U.S. and other countries. In the 2005-06 season, over half a million head injuries were sustained by high school students, nationally. I am not say removing the sport from schools as a whole. However, it's understood that there are ways to attempt to make the sport safer, all while having it still be just as fun/entertaining. Updating the "armored" pads the athletes wear, making amends to some of the rules, different methods of training, are all ways to make things even just the slightest bit safer than they already are.
American football has many different aspects that helped change America today. Football has earned millions of fans to the game every year. The sport has changed and helped various people strive through life. At the same time, football has caused many downsides that have changed people’s lives forever. Through the beginning to now, football has been filled with many impacts and injuries that have changed the game.
For many years has football has been considered the utmost dangerous sport in high school, but recently many new studies have been made to prove the exact opposite. High school football gives money to the school and improves the school. In high school sports when a team wins the championship the school gets money that can be used towards hiring new teachers, providing scholarships for students, buying new books, and overall improving the school itself.
Concussions which is a blow to the head causing brain trauma that can last several weeks and other injuries that has just as high risks like a concussion. September 26, 1928, a football league was created for professional football players called the NFL. The start of the league has always been at high probability for its injuries. In order to continue to play the game that countless people fell in love with, the NFL has to take serious safety precautions such as helmets and pads. NFL's necessity rules, such as unnecessary kids being penalized, are being utilized to reduce life alternate injuries and provide a better experience for the players and the fans.
Jerry Jones took the biggest risk for the Dallas Cowboys when he decided that the Cowboys were going to create their own merchandise line. Sports business daily had stated that they were in third when it came to merchandise sales in the NFL (7). According to the Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association, sales of NFL merchandise has averaged $3 billion annually from 1995 through 2000. The Cowboys accounted for 16% of those sales during that time (14). Therefore, Jerry Jones knew he had to take into their own hands of producing, marketing, and distributing their own apparel. Instead of going with Rebook, who was the NFL sponsor making apparel for every team, he would rather have all the profits gained for the team rather than paying others to create their apparel (14). The Cowboys had the option to use Rebook as their supplier, but at that time they decided not to use them anymore even if they had to invest more money. This was huge opportunity for the Cowboys because now they don’t have to worry about paying suppliers, and producers. They will be getting all the profits to themselves (8). Today the Cowboys have their own merchandise apparel along with their own
Washington Redskins are ranked 25th in total offense in the NFL. They’re averaging 243.4 passing yards per game, along with just 96.2 yards rushing per game.
Many varying kinds of head injuries can cause epileptic seizures, or other traumatic diseases, disorders and maybe even paralyzation. The most usual form of head injury is a concussion. A concussion can cause many forms of disorders of the brain that are potentially fatal. The most common way to receive a concussion is from contact sports, such as football, basketball, hockey, and even baseball. But the most prevalent sport that causes the highest amount of concussions is in football. The National Football League, or the NFL, is a league that consists of 32 teams from North America, averaging 53 people per team. In modern day society, the sport of American football is known as a violent and barbaric type of sport due to the reputation of the
“TOUCHDOWN” is the only word a quarterback wants to hear and the only thing he wants to see during a game of football. Being a quarterback is probably one of the most difficult positions in the game of football. It requires strength, accuracy, speed, and good football intelligence. Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota were the top two overall picks in the 2015 NFL draft. They both had a great college run as the best college quarterbacks in the country. During their college games it was really hard to tell who the better quarterback was, but after they joined the NFL it became very clear. Mariota has shown to be more NFL ready than Winston by his athleticism and his higher football intelligence.
Players around the league even have their own fantasy leagues with other players in the NFL. In “October of 2009, Matt Hasselbeck faced a fantasy football dilemma: who to start at quarterback?”(Jensen). Hasselbeck had drafted himself but he also had Brett Favre the quarterback who played for the Minnesota Vikings. Matt decided to start Favre, however Hasselbeck ended up having a great game as for Favre we could say he disappointed his fellow quarterback and fantasy owner.
“Football is like life it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.” - Vince Lombardi. With Football there are many positions offensively and defensively which are best to be known for playing or watching and especially coaching. Football started out as the AFL and then merged with the NFL which formed the Super Bowl. But let 's not forget the small amount of women in powder puff football. With football being so famous more and more rules are developed. But the main part that makes football so interesting is its history without it, you would have never know how the super bowl came to be and the wonderful coaches that made the game competitive and filled with life long experiences.
Geniuses are rare; elites, small in number, possessing the remarkable ability to make the impossible seem possible; and we the people of the United States of America entertain this absurd idea—what a genius can accomplish with ease, we can accomplish with difficulty. However, most of us settle for the lesser roles of spectator and commentator, gratefully leaving the real work to the professionals. To understand the incredible skill set of geniuses, one must look at both what they have done, but also what their counterparts have failed to do. The NFL, the National Football League, holds in its domain an array of seemingly naturally gifted geniuses; nonetheless, the name at the top of the list, engraved in green and gold—Aaron Rodgers, quarterback
The events of a Football game is easily quantifiable in yards, sacks, turnovers and touchdowns. What happens in fantasy football is far less available outside of wins, losses and total points. Due to this lack of circumstantial evidence, much of the advice will be anecdotal in nature.
While it may be difficult to talk about fantasy football with your friends without revealing the key players you are targeting, avoid confiding in another owner when it comes to the sleepers you intend on drafting. You might as well tweet a photo of your social security card and ATM pin while you are at it. If you do want another owner to draft those sleepers for you, keep your secrets to yourself. Resist all urges to tell the truth, misdirect and deflect any inquiries on your strategy. Misinformation alone is insufficient, be passionate and convincing with your propaganda for best results. People can smell bullshit from a mile away, the illusion of authenticity is the pinnacle of importance. If your game plan is not working, don’t be afraid to call an audible.
Nearly all Americans love sports but is it really worth it. In this generation, competitive sports has become more dangerous than ever sports experts are starting to worry that competitive sports has a more negative effect than a positive effect on children. Most competitive sports can lead to severe injuries, pressure which can lead the youth using illegal drugs, and all the money parents spend on their kids to play sports is ridiculous, and worst of all most children are starting to burn out of sports emotionally and physically.Competitive sports do not have a positive effect on all children because of the cost, pressure/injury, and enjoyment.