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The Pros And Cons Of Pursuing Football

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I am writing this letter to congratulate you for taking an interest and pursuing football! I hear one of the positions you play is on the kickoff and receiving teams. I remember the days when I too played football. Although I am glad that you are playing football, I must warn you of the potential risks there are while participating in such a physical sport. In fact, the reason I stopped was a result of injury, more specifically a concussion. Since then, nothing has been the same. I used to feel invincible in the bulky pads and helmets we wore, as I am sure you do, but that might not always protect you enough. Concussions are becoming a growing problem in football, both professional and amateur, but we might be able to prevent them by taking certain precautionary measures.

One game, after the opposing team had just scored, my team setup for receiving the kickoff. The kickoff was an interesting part of the game. The sole purpose of the players when receiving is to block the other team, and the other teams goal is to tackle the player with the ball. What I learned early on is that some people wanted to just hit someone as hard as they could even if they did not have the ball, because they knew that the referees would most likely not call a penalty on them. Men …show more content…

We tend to think nothing bad will ever happen to us until all the sudden it happens to you. Having a brain injury is no laughing matter, these types of injury can stick with you for the rest of your life, and often lead to symptoms of cognitive impairment, depression, and much more. Some choose to ignore the fact that football is a physically dangerous sport, and as a result, more players continue receiving injuries that will haunt them for life. Certainly, you could argue that football is not as dangerous as I am making it out to be, but more and more studies, with extremely small sample sizes, are proving

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