How Has Football Impacted Our Society

Do you like football? Football is one of the most popular sports in the United States. Football can have many positive impacts on people. It can give football players more confidence and bring families together for a game on television. However, football is also known for inevitable injuries that can change a player’s life forever.

Without a doubt, there has always been a great risk of injury while participating in contact sports. The participants involved in any contact sporting event are always susceptible to being injured. These participants are completely aware of the everyday risk, but the energy that these sports bring, keep them going regardless. Over the years, there have been countless numbers of injuries due to the nature of these sports, but still millions of people young to old gain interest everyday. While people young to old are gaining interest everyday to contact sports many parents of young children are being faced with the issue either to allow their children to participate in often dangerous sports.

Before the 1920’s, football was overshadowed by baseball and it’s rising superstars, which largely gained popularity through the use of media. When analyzing the rise of college football in America, it is no surprise that media had the same impact on it’s growth in popularity. Media was a key reason why Americans became interested in college football. Most people could not afford, nor could they find transportation to get to the Saturday college football games. With the introduction of the radio and the press, people now had a way to be informed with what was happening in the world of sports.

American football is the most popular sport in America. But do you know it is similar to another famous sport called Rugby? Both sports originate from different place but one is only popular around the world than the other. The Equipment is also different in many ways. For example, in Rugby the players don’t wear protective equipment like helmets and padding.

In the United States of America, football is perhaps the most revered sport of all time. It is essentially a right of passage for every child to play a sport at some point and many children choose to play football as it is one of the United States favorite past times. When people conjure up the image of the typical American football player, the image of a kid wearing a letterman jacket with the school logo and a bit of a hotheaded attitude immediately come to mind along with the notion that they are all jocks and bullies. The whole premise of football is to chase and tackle people of the opposing team in pursuit of a piece of stuffed pig skin commonly known as a football. Tackling people can, to a certain extent, be considered an act of extreme aggression and by encouraging young children to want to attack their peers in pursuit of something so menial it teaches them that

. The only thing that stood in their way were Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. The Packers ended up beating the Steelers 31-25 and brought home the ring. Since 2011, the NFL has only become bigger across the global economy and now plays weekly games in London, England. They also play an annual game in Mexico City, Mexico.

Football should be banned in the United States because it can lead to a concussion, can cause brain damage, and can even kill you. When anyone plays football whether it’s professional, college, or high school you can get a concussion. A concussion is also known as traumatic brain injury(TBI), a concussion is caused by the violent movement or jarring the head or neck. Most cases of brain injury are concussions. People who suffer from concussions generally fully recover fast.

Have you ever played tackle football? If so you should know that playing at a young age can cause damage to brain as you get older and older. Kids that started before the age of twelve have been proven to have a damaged brain as they get older. Kids of such young age should be able to play football but maybe flag football is better to start with. For parents to keep their children safe they should not let their kids play tackle football until they are twelve.

Have you ever wondered what might be the consequences of letting your son play football? Or what will happen if he gets a concussion while playing?. There’s been different points of view relating to this topic. In American culture they honor, reward, and celebrate violence in sports. That 's the sad reality that we can change by not getting involved with violence.

College football is getting to be as popular as professional football. In some areas of the country, college football is a lot more popular than NFL football. In Nebraska for example, Memorial stadium in Lincoln becomes the state 's third largest city on home football game days. The stadium becomes a sea of red as fans dress in the team colors in support of the Cornhuskers. Almost as popular as discussing the games themselves is discussing the ranking systems.

Is it ok for kids to play tackle football under the age of fourteen? Kids should be aloud to play football because it has become safe since concussions from football were proven to be a problem. Football leagues have made rules to try and prevent players from getting head injuries. Football has evolved into a safer sport. Kids under fourteen should be able to play tackle football because it teaches teamwork and competitiveness.

“A house is made of walls and beams… A home is made of love and dreams,” (William Arthur Ward). As teammates, we are brothers on that field, and we have to put everything out on that field together. We have to show love towards each other because without it; we will fall. We have to work together to see our dreams realized or we will be crushed.