When people talk about concussions in sports, football is known to be the most controversial sport around this topic. Football players are constantly getting banged up and hit from all different directions throughout the course of a game. Most of the time, many spectators and coaches try to ignore the big hits during games because the thought of something being wrong with the player usually does not cross anyone’s mind. In many instances, playing football has left some players paralyzed or even deceased due to the countless amount of collisions taken by the player throughout their career. As the text states, “when he walked out the door to play football that day, it didn’t cross my mind that I wouldn’t see him come off that field” (Romano). As a mother or even a spectator, the thought of a player dying in the middle of a game due to taking a hit to his head should never have to be a concern. Unfortunately, every time a football player takes the field for a game or even practice, he is risking the chance of getting a concussion especially with every collision that they endure. Concussions can be very dangerous for athletes of all ages, so they should always be taken seriously, reported immediately, and cared for immediately. Concussions do not only occur in football though, they occur in a lot of sports such as: soccer, softball, baseball, and basketball.
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Many players ignore the symptoms when it comes to concussions because they want to continue to play rather than sitting out of their sport for weeks. When an athletic trainer approaches an athlete, most of the time, the athlete will lie and say they are okay just to continue playing. Fortunately, concussion protocol is taken very seriously in every sport nowadays, especially in high school athletics. For example, during soccer games anytime a player has any kind of hard impact to the head, whether it is from a collision with another player, the ground, or a ball to the face, the play is automatically stopped and the player must be taken off the field to be examined by a professional. In many instances, I have witnessed that even if a player passes the concussion test, they are not put back onto the soccer field to continue playing because it is too risky for the athlete. For example, in one of my soccer games my senior year, I collided heads with another player on the opposite team. Although I had no symptoms of a concussion after the collision, I was not allowed to play the rest of the game due to the concussion protocol. Concussions have become a serious problem in all sports due to the amount of serious life debilitating injuries that have occurred due to collisions to the head. The text states, “In a court filing made public on Sept. 12, the day Peterson was charged, the NFL estimated that nearly one-third of former players will develop dementia, Alzheimer’s disease or other debilitating neurological disorders like Parkinson’s and ALS. For years, the NFL had denied a link between blows to a player’s head on the field and subsequent brain damage” (Romano). Professional football players are known to be more likely to sustain brain damage rather than the average person. Does this mean that playing football means that players are going to automatically have a life altering disorder? How much brain injury can one player maintain? If the brain injury
Many players ignore the symptoms when it comes to concussions because they want to continue to play rather than sitting out of their sport for weeks. When an athletic trainer approaches an athlete, most of the time, the athlete will lie and say they are okay just to continue playing. Fortunately, concussion protocol is taken very seriously in every sport nowadays, especially in high school athletics. For example, during soccer games anytime a player has any kind of hard impact to the head, whether it is from a collision with another player, the ground, or a ball to the face, the play is automatically stopped and the player must be taken off the field to be examined by a professional. In many instances, I have witnessed that even if a player passes the concussion test, they are not put back onto the soccer field to continue playing because it is too risky for the athlete. For example, in one of my soccer games my senior year, I collided heads with another player on the opposite team. Although I had no symptoms of a concussion after the collision, I was not allowed to play the rest of the game due to the concussion protocol. Concussions have become a serious problem in all sports due to the amount of serious life debilitating injuries that have occurred due to collisions to the head. The text states, “In a court filing made public on Sept. 12, the day Peterson was charged, the NFL estimated that nearly one-third of former players will develop dementia, Alzheimer’s disease or other debilitating neurological disorders like Parkinson’s and ALS. For years, the NFL had denied a link between blows to a player’s head on the field and subsequent brain damage” (Romano). Professional football players are known to be more likely to sustain brain damage rather than the average person. Does this mean that playing football means that players are going to automatically have a life altering disorder? How much brain injury can one player maintain? If the brain injury