The NFL—doubtfully the biggest sport in America, of which has millions of viewers—has had a big impact on the American culture. From taking the day of the super bowl off of work to the change in masculinity, football continues to change the culture. Granted many might know just about everything there is to know about the sport, many don’t the suffers of the players. The forceful impact on the body and the head can lead to brain degenerative diseases, to painful body aches, and change in behavior these are only a few of the consequences the players suffer for just the entertainment of the people. NFL players are dying. Men just as young as forty to fifty are dying, for what? For the entertainment and pleasure of the fans. This is despicable.
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Abolishing the NFL would be a very complicated task to do. But the repeated concussions are leading to a brain degenerative disease, C.T.E.., by former players. C.T.E. also known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is a progressive degenerating brain disease most commonly found in athletes that suffer repeated blows to the head. The trauma to the head creates for the progress of degeneration in the brain to speed up and causes for an abnormal protein known as tau. The tau build-up slowly kills brain cells and reduces the mass of the brain. C.T.E. is an untreatable disease than can only be diagnosed in an autopsy, after it has done all of its destruction. Impaired judgment, aggression, depression and suicidality are only a few of the many symptoms that occur with the disease. The symptoms often begin years after the last brain trauma this making it very hard to diagnose, also causing for the little known information of the disease. C.T.E is found after the former NFL player has either committed suicide or died from the horrible …show more content…
And admittedly there are risks everywhere we go, but not one ensures a slow painful death unlike football. In football once the head experiences trauma, brain cells are automatically lost which of most cannot be regained, causing for the brain to deteriorate without the help of a disease. A tackle that slams a player to the ground happens at least one hundred times during just one game. That is one hundred times where a player loses brain cells and greatens their risk of developing a brain degenerative disease. The bone jarring tackles cause for many psychological problems to occur. The psychological symptoms can range from feeling of hopelessness, thoughts of suicide, insomnia, depression, anger issues and the list goes on and on. So although not every former player develops a brain degenerating disease psychological symptoms are bound to
Abolishing the NFL would be a very complicated task to do. But the repeated concussions are leading to a brain degenerative disease, C.T.E.., by former players. C.T.E. also known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is a progressive degenerating brain disease most commonly found in athletes that suffer repeated blows to the head. The trauma to the head creates for the progress of degeneration in the brain to speed up and causes for an abnormal protein known as tau. The tau build-up slowly kills brain cells and reduces the mass of the brain. C.T.E. is an untreatable disease than can only be diagnosed in an autopsy, after it has done all of its destruction. Impaired judgment, aggression, depression and suicidality are only a few of the many symptoms that occur with the disease. The symptoms often begin years after the last brain trauma this making it very hard to diagnose, also causing for the little known information of the disease. C.T.E is found after the former NFL player has either committed suicide or died from the horrible …show more content…
And admittedly there are risks everywhere we go, but not one ensures a slow painful death unlike football. In football once the head experiences trauma, brain cells are automatically lost which of most cannot be regained, causing for the brain to deteriorate without the help of a disease. A tackle that slams a player to the ground happens at least one hundred times during just one game. That is one hundred times where a player loses brain cells and greatens their risk of developing a brain degenerative disease. The bone jarring tackles cause for many psychological problems to occur. The psychological symptoms can range from feeling of hopelessness, thoughts of suicide, insomnia, depression, anger issues and the list goes on and on. So although not every former player develops a brain degenerating disease psychological symptoms are bound to