On Sunday Night, families gather around the T.V, cheering and yelling after every play, and calls the referees make. As families watch the game the quarterback hands the ball to the running back, and he runs down the middle. After the play is over, the running back is on the floor grabbing his leg and screaming in pain, then he is carried off the field with a broken leg. Football is an all-time favorite contact sport that many play and will continue to play. Players in contact sports like football have to be aware of the risks associated with the game such as physical, mental, and emotional toll and the impact it will have on the player.
Players of contact sports have several degrees of physical damage after games. They can receive from small bruises to broken limbs, this does not include the post effects of the physical
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There is pewee teams, high school and college teams, city leagues and professional teams. After every game we witness the emotions on the field, off the field, and after the games. There are people that are happy for the win, sad about their loss, or upset about the calls made during the game. The Huffington Post article about “The Mental and Emotional Stress of an NFL Athlete,” provides us with the emotional capacity a player must have to be able to endure the stress of playing the game (Cameron, Ronnie). There have been incidents, in which a player ended his girlfriend’s life as well as his, and another reported suicide due to stress correlated to playing a game. The fear of being labeled emotional distress as a NFL player, does not allow the player to get the proper attention or guidance needed to relieve the stress. The emotions that go on during a game as well as all the stress of a career have intensified due to the lack of transparency provided from the player. Therefore, being emotionally unbalanced can lead to actions players may not understand or take full responsibility
Even though football players are aware of the dangers the game can bring upon them, they take part despite it. The passion, the joy it creates; for professionals it’s also the devoted fans and compensation they receive is what keeps the players motivated. Today players are much bigger, faster, smarter, bigger, better. The game is more physical. The sport has never been so competitive. The popularity has reached new peaks, as much that the NFL has thoughts of moving a team to London, England. Additionally, Super Bowl XLVII (47) was one of the most watched television events of all time; an astonishing 108.4 million viewers (The Associated Press). Fans worship their teams and love to see big hits. Football is a contact sport; injuries are no
The main difference between the Iranian and U.S constitution is that the Iranian government governs through Islamic law. However, the United States separates Church and state. The definition of democracy is a government by the people; or is exercised through elective representatives. To answer the question, yes the Iranian constitution is democratic. It is their ideas that are being represented through the laws. Religion is mostly addressed in the First Amendment of the Constitution which allows each person the right to practice their own religion freely. They have a policy on the separation of Church and state where they cannot endorse one particular religion.
One of the most common truths that people have a problem with when the subject is contact sports is the injuries that are involved in playing such sports. Sports such as Football, Rugby, Lacrosse, and Hockey are all considered contact sports due to the volume of hitting and personal contact that occurs when one plays these kinds of sports. All though friendships and building one's character can take place when playing a contact sport, the risk outweigh the reward when it comes to the research done on injuries that occur every year when playing sports such as the ones
The spectator of this sport has an obligation to the players of the sport, to make sure that the organization is protecting and looking out for them. Yet not only should the viewer be held accountable for the lack of communication in consequences between the player and the pro scene, but the organization of the NFL needs to make sure that their players have a full understanding of what is going on and how they need to protect the players. The current situation that is understood, contents contain implied knowledge that all parties of this table are in uniform knowledge and agreement to what comes of playing football. Finally, this should also happen at the youth level when kids are just getting into the sport, as it would better inform the parents and the kid if they understood the full
Football is America’s most popular sport; however, recently controversy has been arising pertaining to the injuries and violence connected to football. Within the last five years the topic of allowing youth to play football has blown up. Though the injuries vary dramatically, what has really been the key subject is head related injuries, typically concussions. Parents around the country are debating whether or not their children should play the sport, specifically contact football. Although football and most sports in general have injury related risks attached with it, there are still arguments why kids around the country should be able to enjoy one of the most liked sports. Reasons such as building teamwork, physical activity and free will can lead to why many believe that there should not be a dispute regarding football.
The NFL is watched all over the United States. There are many injuries during this game such as breaking a leg and arm. They can get their lungs collapsed if someone was to step on them with all force. Concussions though are the most dangerous you can get a concussion and not even know.”The Patriots tight end suffered a helmet-to-helmet blow from Jaguars safety Barry Church in the final minutes of the first half and was immediately taken to the locker room for medical evaluation.’’ Any of these injuries can happen to anyone so we gonna talk about how to try to avoid them and to treat the if they happen to you. So tune in and join us in reading this so you don't end up on the sidelines and are always playing the game that many people love,
The interest in sports across the World has increased dramatically within the past decade. There tend to be a large amount of media which revolves its concern of high contact sports. “All types of sports have a potential for injury, whether from the trauma of contact with other players or from overuse or misuse of a body part” (Stanford’s Children Health 1). As there will be a result of an injury among all sports the research of change within them do not meet with one another. The number of injuries which come from sports have also increased but there is a lack of concern in the understanding and development of research in all sports. As the very commonly known injury the concussion has seen its fair share amount all sports and not all sports have seen their fair share of resolving the cause of the injury.
A lot of sports that athletes play are contact sports. When you play contact sports, you run the risk of being injured. One of the more serious injuries that occur is a concussion. A concussion, according to the Virginia
“The overall injury rate in NCAA football is 8.1 injuries per 1,000 athlete exposures. There were more than 41,000 injuries and 25 million athlete exposures.” There are more than twice the injuries in football than there are in basketball. This will continue to rise if the NFL, NCAA, and all schools around the world don’t take initiative to protect their players. Many people believe that football should be readjusted to where injuries are no more. However, injuries will happen no matter how protected the player is, which is why some people want the sport to be banned for good. In the article “The 5 most dangerous sports for boys”, Lauren Shanley states, “It’s estimated that every year, doctors treat 389,000 musculoskeletal injuries in players ages five to
Football’s popularity has been slightly declining over the past few years, mostly because of the unease parents have for their children’s safety. These apprehensions rightfully exist, concussions are very frequent among football players and can develop into serious complications; including death. There are also injuries other than concussions correlated with football, after all it is a contact sport. It’s no secret the game is cruel towards the body, I’ll be the first to tell you that it doesn’t feel charming getting crushed into the ground by a two hundred fifty plus pound behemoth. However, in 2013 there were
Football is one of America’s favorite sports. It originated from soccer and rugby. This kind of sport is very competitive. The main point of the game is to score points by carrying the ball from a starting point to a 100-yard long by 53-yard wide field into a marked zone. Each team has a Y-shaped structured called the field goal the players. The game is divided into timing sections ranging from 12 to 15 minutes quarters. Often times, the players become violent during the game. This happens when they have to tackle each other for the ball. During this tackling period, players injured, but like anything in life it possesses risks known to the athletes before signing a contract with the NFL’s (National Football League) owner.
In every sports season 5 to 20 percent of kids suffer a concussion(Jeremy Olson 1SH). A concussion is a type of brain injury that mostly occurs when playing in contact sports. Most people do not think concussions are a big deal but they are. In fact concussions can lead to suicide because they cause your brain to not function correctly, especially when having more than one. Not only can they lead to suicide but they also have many long term effects on the brain. I am sure on television, many viewers have seen big collisions where somebody gets a hard hit to the head. It is most likely that person suffered a concussion. Since concussions occur naturally in
When playing sports there are many different types of injuries. There are multiple ways an injuring can happen and how it affects the players. Most importantly each injury should be treated different depending on how bad the damage is. The most common head injury is known as a concussion; a concussion is whne the brain bounces against the walls of
Football is a rough sport. Many fans of the game watch it for the hard hits. These hard hits and the potential for injury is part of what makes the game so exciting. Some people say that football is too brutal and should be banned. Parents all over the United States don’t allow their children to play because of the risk of head injuries. Others allow their sons, and every now and then their daughters, to play and risk injury for a chance to earn a college scholarship and for a small percentage of players, the chance to play in the National Football League (NFL).
In this chapter I will investigate the uses of economical language, themes and symbols in Ernest Hemingway’s stories. First of all, I will focus on Hemingway’s biography and summarise the most important facts. Later, I will discuss his minimalistic style and explain his famous “Theory of Omission”. Next, I am going to talk about the language’s simplicity and directness and it’s structure - how it looks like. Finally, I will try to present Hemingway’s technique, motifs and symbols on the basis of some of his well-known short stories.