High School Football Players Face Bigger Concussion Risk Summary

Summary Critique Jason Breslow wrote an article titled “High School Football Players Face Bigger Concussion Risk” and his main thesis is that kids who play football at a younger age are more susceptible to getting concussions rather then playing football at an older age. Throughout this article Jason argues the fact that younger kids who play football will get at least one concussion and he shows this by the use of logic and facts. In on case Jason states, “The study, which was an analysis of peer-reviewed studies on head trauma in a variety of high school sports, estimated that high school football players suffered 11.2 concussions for every 10,000 games and practices.”(1) Throughout this article Jason uses many facts to prove his point that the repletion of getting hit in the head will give a person multiple concussions. Jason then goes on to compare how vulnerable college players are to concussions then compares the pro football level.

If a person receives multiple concussions it could lead to complications with the brain in the future. Trying to tell if a person received a concussion is very hard to examine and in some case a person could receive multiple concussions without even know it. Although there are some systems developed to analyze a person brain to see if they have received a concussion these systems are not 100% right all the time. Jason then goes on to examine the later affects of getting concussions at a young age. He talks about the possibility of getting diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or a neurodegenerative condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy in the later stages of a person’s life due to these