In sports there are a lot of injuries. Some injuries that can occur in sports are broken hands, broken legs, ACL, MCL, PCL, LCL, and all ligaments of knee that cause players to miss a lot of time, and players can receive concussions. For NFL draft picks, the danger of football are a price worth paying. In all sports, risk is an ugly reality especially in football. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell insists that football is safe: there is risk in life. All NFL players are aware of the risk of playing they chose that profession for a reason. Tony Boselli a five time pro bowler claims that players shouldn’t sue the NFL. The athletes know the risk involved in playing a sport or sports. As time has gone on in the NFL players are starting to retire at a young age. A few players that have retired at a young age include Chris Borland, Jerod Mayo, and Lions star Wide Receiver Calvin Johnson. They retired at a …show more content…
In practice or a game “if you got your bell rung your coach told you to shake it off and got back out their.” (Aldrich) A coach said once that he never had anybody miss any games due to a head injury. One of his players did he was out six weeks and still came back to early. He also announced that he had post concussion symptoms from back when he played in high school. Players of Hockey and Football have dangerous and life altering injuries, that’s been the real risk. “This is something that athletes have known that, they refuse to acknowledge it.” (Aldrich) It is weird how people view sports. Some people think that sports are dangerous and some people think there is little to no harm. There is a risk in every sport you play. The NHL and the NFL have a big list of players that used to play that had to cut careers short in their vocations, and there is a list of players that have passed away, and unable to cope with those