are still increasing by each football season.

It is therefore important to understand the

basis of this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.
Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.
Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.
Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it already
know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury which
can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the past
years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.
Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these

injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it already
know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury which
can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the past
years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.
Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it already
know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury which
can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the past
years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.
Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.

Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.
Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.

Risk of getting a concussion or severe head injury by helmet to

helmet hit in the NFL

The purpose of this project is performing a risk analysis of the underlying issue and come
up with mitigation action. First the decision is identified, in this case, helmet to helmet hit or an
illegal hit as defined by the NFL. The undesired outcome of this decision is players having
concussions or severe head injuries while others even end up getting paralyzed. A risk avoidance
or mitigation action will then be taken. The project will include statistical data available from
numerous sources provided by the NFL and other independent studies. These data sets will be
used in analysis from a set number of seasons. Methods of analysis such as cause effect, fault
tree analysis and probabilistic risk assessment will be used in the risk analysis. All the data,
summary metrics and computational results will be provided in the end and alternative models
will be provided for easy comparison.

Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these

injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.

Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.

Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.

Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.

Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury

which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.

Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.

Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.

Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.

Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.

Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.
Football is known to be a hard hitting sport and its spectators claim that those who play it
already know the risks. One of the major injuries in football is a concussion or severe head injury
which can lead to paralysis or fatality hence ending their career. This has been a big issue in the
past years the National Football League and many solutions have been brought up to avoid these
injuries. Every season the NFL introduces new rules outlining proper ways to hit in order to
avoid certain injuries. Although these rules are introduced, concussions and other head injuries
are still increasing by each football season. It is therefore important to understand the basis of
this risk by performing an analysis and understanding its probabilities and consequences.

The project is feasible because there are multiple sources such statistical data and other
graphical data available. There is enough information available to create risk assessment metrics
and other calculations in order to accomplish the projects objectives. The objective being
creating an awareness of the severity of helmet to helmet hit by showing the risks involved using
various analytical methods and coming up with a mitigation or avoiding the risk in general.