Football rules have been changing for the better of athletes over the years it has existed. Football rules early on where an advancement, but they didn’t know all the medical things we know now about player safety. In 1905 President Theodore Roosevelt demands change of rules in football or be abolished after 18 people are killed while playing in one year. “The first leather football helmet was worn by Joseph Reeves…This marks the birth of the American Football “ Football didn’t advance very fastly on player safety. “Although football helmet safety technology has drastically improved since the days of leather helmets, today's helmet safety standards may not be informed by current understanding of concussion risks...The standard also does not distinguish between helmets designed for professional, high school and younger football players, and the "one size fits all" approach may not be appropriate for younger athletes who are not as big and strong as professional players,” Says the U.S senate documents.
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The league changed its rules on kickoffs, which officials consider a particularly dangerous play, to increase touchbacks and reduce the number of kicks returned,” Says the washington post. If we keep changing the rules in football for player safety then in the future football will be safer for everyone in football. Football is a very heavy contact sport with many changing rules now and maybe in the future to better protect players.When you safely protect player in the game of football it makes it better because you don’t have to worry about player safety as much. When you have all the advancement to the equipment like the helmet ; for example, then you won’t have to think about players getting concussions as