Regarding the organization, an increased investment in players can be seen as an investment in the youth of the country as well. A prevalent issue has been the developmental effects of repeated physical trauma on younger athletes who play the game. However, if the NFL were to invest in player safety, player finances, and research to make the game safer, it would improve their public image, create more interest among the youth who want to play football, and make their product more sustainable in the long run. Another method to improve the public image of the NFL would be reducing its centrality because the
Synthetic turf, that’s not anything I have heard of here in Texas, isn’t that the stuff they have on football fields, I hear it’s softer than grass?? Although I am not sure, so don’t quote me. I like how you mention that Synthetic turf would help in the potential drought and this would save on water. I just wonder what it would look like in ten years, would it fade, melt, and go into the water supply? Or even hurt wildlife?
Impact: Without helmets, football could not be properly played. This is why they are one of the most important aspects in the sport. 2. Claim: The football helmet has became one of the most technologically advanced pieces of equipment in all of sports. a. Support: Along with Riddels first closed faced helmets, advances such as polycarbonate shells and radio transmitters have arose.
This can help prevent or lessen a concussion on the field. One of them is a new type of turf that is more shock absorbent than the turfs used today. Brett Favre supports this pathway as a way to prevent concussions. Both of the times Favre has had concussions where he has been knocked out for more than 5 seconds, his head had hit the turf (Boren). A lot of major concussions happen when your head hits the surface because of the whiplash effect.
Did you know that 80 percent of NFL players will go broke or file for bankruptcy within their first 2 years of retiring. Often players will forget that they have personal lives and futures to think about. The only thing is though that NFL players live in the moment and not the future. The NFL players are part to blame for the reasoning of going broke but at the same time so is the NFL they know that most of the athletes come from poor backgrounds and neighbourhoods. It's hard when the player makes it to the pros and for them not to help out their friends and family.
The reason why this was such a big deal is because the national Men's soccer team got to play on regular grass, and some players on the Women’s team were ferrous of unfairness the choice is yours should soccer players play on artificial grass? Bacteria is very dangerous all around. If you don’t wash your hands after using the bathroom, your hands are full of bacteria. Spitting, blood, that is all on the soccer field.
According to NFL Flag, when kids are playing flag football they are running, jumping, changing directions, and they have to very quickly start and stop fast. This means they are almost always moving and because of this it improves their cardiovascular health. Also according to a recent study by the National Library of Medicine playing football can improve kids bone strength. This means that when kids are playing football their bones are getting strong and it will become harder for them to break.
This paper studies the evolution of football equipment and how each piece of equipment has changed the game. It begins with a discussion of the origins of American football and its storied history. The second section then explores how each piece of protective equipment is used and how they have positively and negatively affected the sport. The third section examines the fact that injuries that have increased despite the evolution of different equipment and will focus, most importantly, on the helmet and concussions. It continues by looking at the ways the NFL is attempting to make football safer for its players.
People have been getting concussions from hitting the turf like Zack Lystedt. On professional fields, the fields could be made in something less hard to soften impacts (Tarshis). There are some new requirements that should be mandatory. If a player is suspected to have a concussion should have to pass a memory test. This helps know the player did not lose memory which is an effect of a concussion.
I don't really understand football, mainly the rules though. More to the point, There's always a way to make something safer, without taking away the appeal of it. And, I know there's not supposed to be any "I" statements, but personally, that's all I want, really. Just to make things safer so that those who do enjoy it, can do so without much, if not any, risk. Anyway, there's ways to implement changes without drastically affecting gameplay.
There are other sports such as baseball and basketball that creates the same fun environment as football but are safer to play and aren’t as risky on the brain or physical injuries. Football can cause damage to the brain. The organ is used in daily activities and is essential to life and it is hard to life without a brain. If parents were intelligent and cared about their children they wouldn’t let their kids play football. The more blows a player obtains the more and more problems they face.
Personally I believe that football is fine the way it is. From when football started there was almost no safety regulations and all they played with was leather helmets and minimum padding. Now when you get tackled the wrong way or there's an injury on the field. There are many sideline precaution they have to take. They evolved over the decades of football so much that some football stars are backlashing on the fact that there is too much precaution and that if they don't want to get tackled when it is a heavy contact sport, that the people that need more safety should go play flag football.
One way to make football safer is to improve the players helmets. To do this you add a “ soft outer layer that crumples and bounces back after impact “ ( Kubota, Taylor ). This slows down the impact, causing less damage to happen. Using these helmets can help prevent head injury in football and keep the players safer. Another way to make football players safer is to require them to wear custom made mouthguards.
High school football gives school opportunities to improve an endless list of things at the school. Without this chance schools will get less equipment and a smaller budget for the school. Many new studies have shown that high school football is safer than what we hear on television and that in fact football is beneficial. Doctor Gregory Stewart at Tulane was quoted “There was no decline in their cognitive function based on the number of years that they participated in the sport.
“There is always going to be a discussion about the fields,” says NS principle, Nan Ault. Lately the fields have been a topic under discussion. The main problem with the fields is that the school doesn’t have someone specifically just over fields. The janitors are the ones that take care of the fields.
