Imagine you’re a NFL running back and you run up the field for a huge gain. The safety is there to meet you with a vicious helmet to helmet hit. You wake up on a stretcher being carried to the locker room. The crowd giving you a standing ovation. You most likely have suffered a concussion. Concussions are becoming more and more serious as today’s athletes are becoming bigger‚ faster‚ and stronger. Rules are being changed every year to try and make it safer. But is it really safe? I am going to tell
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Chandler Maidlow Ms. Jeffes English IV 17 April 2012 Mass Media: Negative Effect on Sports In today’s culture technology is greater than it has ever been. Instead of a news story being told to a few people‚ we have the ability to stream it anywhere we please so that millions can receive the message all at the same time. This is called mass media. There are many different forms of mass media such as television‚ the internet‚ radio programs‚ newspaper‚ just to name a few. It has shaped
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Concussions Today in competitive sport more and more people are playing them. A lot of concussions come from the sport of football. Competitive football ranges from younger kids in elementary school to grown adults playing in the NFL‚ CFL‚ and AFL. The programs they have for children are to develop and teach the kids the rules of football. Concussions are in every age level in football. Everyone thinks the main causes of the recent incline of concussions in football today are because players
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A child goes through many changes during adolescence. Arguments and disagreements surface while playing with friends. Teasing and fighting may also arise in these kinds of situation. But this is not the real deal. Teasing‚ fighting‚ and arguments are all part of middle and high school. The situation gets bad when it takes a wrong turn. Like extreme teasing‚ physical abuse or intentionally trying to threaten the weaker child. It is called as bullying if actions against a person or group are
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Sport Concussions Sport Concussions National American University ABSTRACT The United States Medical Society has developed guidelines to treat concussions received playing contact sports. The guidelines for treating concussions that occur during sports competition include three grades of concussion. Patients with grade 1 concussions have confusion without amnesia or loss of consciousness. They should be checked for amnesia or other symptoms every five minutes for 20 minutes‚ and allowed
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investigating and informing the audience of is whether or not the NFL taken appropriate measures in concussion prevention and rehabilitation? B) Tie this in with my own personal experience of having two concussions and the emotional and physical effects it had on me. My dad’s hockey career was also cut short because of experiencing several concussions. C) Wrap up introduction by talking about my subtopics. These include the health effects of concussions‚ the NFL’s actions‚ and moving forward in the
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issue that haunts a lot of athletes around the world. Concussions are making the lives of athletes difficult and they need to be prevented. Having a concussion is a big problem if you’re an athlete playing sports. Not only are concussions traumatic brain injuries‚ but if you get multiple concussions in a certain period of time you might be susceptible to diseases that will later occur in your life. Why are concussions so serious? A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury that can occur after
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Concussions and Developing Brains Mild traumatic brain injuries (TBI)‚ otherwise known as concussions‚ occur in people from infants to senior citizens. A concussion occurs when a person’s head suffers a sudden impacting force‚ usually a blow to the head‚ and the brain gains momentum in the free space between it and the skull‚ and slams into the skull. Concussions are characterized by a sudden loss of brain function‚ and other emotional‚ intellectual‚ and behavioral changes. In today’s youth football
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The NFL put it in the hands of the referee to stop illegal hits during their game. “ There is a rule in the books that a referee can throw somebody out of the game ( for illegal hits)” (“How will NFL improve concussions over the next 50 years”).However there has been a decrease in those hits.Now the refs have to make those judgement calls. “ Now I’ve been watching football my whole life‚ I’ve never seen someone thrown out of the game” (“How will NFL improve concussions over the next 50
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thing- a concussion. A concussion is a neurological injury which is typically caused by a hit or shake to the head. Concussions affect many people daily‚ and even though some people think it is something to brush off of one’s shoulder‚ it is not. I have had multiple concussions in the past‚ which have affected me by altering my focus and study habits‚ which typically harmed my grades in the past. This pushed me to work harder and to continue doing so. Freshman year‚ I acquired two concussions‚ one
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