Franki Lafontant

Professor Robert Cole

ENC 2135

3 March 2017

NFL Concussions: Unfortunate Injury or Trauma Waiting to Happen

Entering the National Football League is an absolute dream come true to men all around

the world. Most children aspire to make it to the NFL and make millions of dollars. To be

completely honest I was one of the children who wanted to become a big time NFL player.

However, my mom quickly discouraged this idea from not because I was untalented at the sport

but the risk that came with playing the sport of football. At first I did not understand that concept

in the slightest at the time. I was extremely confused as to why my mother did let me indulge in

the sport I so badly wished to play. She told me it was too dangerous for me to play football, but

I did not think injuries were something that needed to be taken seriously. Sports are a way for

people of all ages to relieve stress, stay healthy, and also have fun. Sports play an immense role

in society today, especially the sport of football. The National Football League is the most

popular sport in America and has been so for thirty plus years (Darren Rovell, of Espn.com). The

sport is idolized by multitudes of people in America, which is many people would one like to be

a participant in the National Football League. However, many people do not know the disastrous

possibilities that comes with playing in the NFL. Often players are forced to end their careers

earlier than they would have like because of devastating injuries which are impossible to come

back from. The truth of the matter is in the sport of football, especially the NFL, your health is in

danger every single time you step onto the field.

 Many will

concur that the

initial step to

settling an issue,

is to first

recognize that

there is one.

There are many

people who say

injuries are just something that comes with the sport of football and there is nothing that people

can do about it. This is only partially true, there are steps which can be taken to limit the

possibility of an injury occurring while play the sport of football. As I stated earlier in the sport

of football, your health is in danger every time you step onto the field, but restraining that danger

to a minimum is key for a better future for the National Football League. A study was taken over

a period time with various NFL players and the frequency of the occurrence of injuries. Around

3,193 NFL players were incorporated into the review, 7,700 NFL player-seasons were caught

which cover 91,000 player-amusements (Markowitz 1). There were around 18,500 announced

wounds that were recorded on these players which brought about more than 6,000 missed NFL

amusements (Markowitz 2). Likewise, each of the 959 harmed hold list wounds were season

finishing and discernibly raise the danger of closure a NFL player's vocation (Markowitz 3).

These statistics are absolutely insane and almost difficult fathom. This study was taken over a
four year period during 2010-2013. That study covered the injuries including concussions, knees,

ankles, hamstrings, etc. The astonishing rate in which injuries occur in the National Football

League needs to be restrained immediately. Yes, in any sport injuries are bound to happen but

there is a more effective way to counter these injuries. This studied proved the alarming rates

which injuries occur in the NFL. Players are put in unnecessary injury prone situations which put

their careers and or health at risk. It also shows the ignorance of the nation who voted this sport

as their most popular sport. It is amazing how the American people enjoy viewing the sport of

football so much, but sit quietly as players are injured day in and day out when playing this sport.

This is a prime example of the saying ignorance is bliss. A.J. Tarpley, a young ambitious NFL

player retired at the age of 23 because of the constant concussions he received within his one

season of playing in the National Football League. A young man who aspired to play in the NFL

his whole life was basically forced to retire to protect his health. Tarpley best explained his

retirement himself Following quite a while of contemplation, I am resigning from football. I

endured the third and fourth blackouts of my profession this past season and I am leaving the

diversion I want to protect my future wellbeing. This was absolutely not an easy decision for the

up and coming football player but he had to do what was best for his health. To battle these more

than often injuries, it is vital to address the problem of injuries in the NFL in the first place.
 I honestly never understood why injuries were such a big deal in the world of football.

Our countries immense love for the sport in some way hides the true risk factors that come with

playing the sport of football. From when the time when we are children we are told to aim for the

stars; because of this children often have dreams being the next big football or basketball star.

However, most parents encourage their child to have a backup plan just in case something

unfortunate happens on the path to becoming that next big sports star. Parents are right to worry

about their child playing sports. A study was done on the condition of the brain after a NFL

player has played a significant amount of years in the National Football League. Gandy at Mount

Sinai School of Medicine in New York directed this review. He says amid a competitor's 10-year

profession routinely they don't which side of the field they are playing on. Gandy and four other

Mount Sinai mind experts assessed a previous NFL player (Underwood 1). They couldn't settle

on determination about the competitor. Three trusted the competitor had Alzheimer's malady

while the other two trusted he had constant traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) - a

neurodegenerative ailment related with blackouts, otherwise called mellow traumatic cerebrum

harm (mTBI) (Undewood 2).

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League and how genuine it should be taken. In the NFL period of 2010-2011, two NFL players

had gotten blackouts amid a similar standard season diversion. It was the Philadelphia Eagles

against the Green Bay Packers in Philadelphia. Both players were removed the field, hinted at

clear blackout manifestations, analyzed by the restorative staff, and permitted to come back to

the amusement later on. This was a to a great degree unreliable move by the NFL's medicinal

staff, the two players played in a full physical game with grown three hundred pound men all

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This article examines the hotly debated issue in the National Football League, which is

football groups permitting their players to come soon before being appropriately checked for

having a blackout. It likewise talks about the wellbeing status of resigned NFL players who

maintained blackouts amid their time in NFL and how appropriately it is managed. The article

quickly discusses an expansion in claims and harms for lawful procedures concerning blackouts

in games. It really expounds on the best way to better blackout convention and keeping an eye on

NFL retirees.

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This articles examines the effect of blackouts in various games. It goes into profundity on

how a blackout truly influences your mind it might be said. It discusses the medicines that would

be the best towards treating blackouts. It likewise gives a few precautionary measures that ought

to be brought when managing blackouts. It truly gives awesome understanding on restorative

side of blackouts and how to approach treating about.

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This article talks about blackout patients by and large. It determined some comprehensive

wellbeing patients to have bring down farthest point joint mischief have displayed utilitarian

alterations in the cerebral cortex, recommending that musculoskeletal harm may be associated

with modification in cerebrum work. Thusly, we assessed the connection between power outage
repeat and lower farthest point musculoskeletal damage kept up in the midst of master

livelihoods of National Football League (NFL) players in a cross-sectional audit.

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This article examines imperative thought has been composed toward the speedy and whole

deal effects of diversion related power outages on contenders partaking in physical recreations,

particularly football. The most anomalous measure of football, the National Football League

(NFL), has become enormous thought and criticism with respect to player organization and

prosperity after delicate traumatic personality hurt (mTBI). A couple overview articles have

uncovered data related to power outage in the NFL, yet a minimized review and amalgamation of

data as to NFL power outages is at this moment insufficient.

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Neuropathology and investigations of surrendered National Football League (NFL) players

prescribe that ceaseless personality mischief is a constant result of a calling in football. There is

compelled information on the neurological statuses of living surrendered players. This review

intended to fill the crevice in information by leading inside and out neurological examinations of
30-to 60-year-old resigned players. This survey planned to fill the cleft in data by driving all

around neurological examinations of 30-to 60-year-old surrendered NFL players.

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Blackouts in the National Football League (NFL) remains a basic issue. A hidden portrayal of

the damage the investigation of sickness transmission included 6 years from 1996 to 2001. In the

midst of 2002-2007, power outages were recorded by NFL aggregate specialists and athletic

mentors using the same organized declaring structure used from 1996 to 2001. Player position,

sort of play, power outage signs and symptoms, loss of perception, and remedial move made

were recorded.

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Blackouts is a bona fide word related risk in physical amusements like hockey and football,

which we know have a part of the most surprising power outage rate rates in game. In 2009, the

Associated Press conveyed outcomes of an easygoing audit of 160 NFL players about their

experiences with power outage. It joined a mix of first year recruits and veterans over all

positions. Half of the players exhibited that they had experienced a power outage and somewhat

more than 1/3 of the players said that the power outage had compelled them to miss playing time.

Data from the Canadian Football League in 2000 furthermore exhibited that 50% of players
demonstrated that they had experienced a power outage. Barely short of 20% of those NFL

players met said that they had either not disclosed or trivialized their own specific power outages

and symptoms.

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National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell revealed Wednesday an action

proposed to extend the prosperity of the diversion, especially by turning away, diagnosing and

treating head wounds. As a part of the movement, Goodell expressed, the collusion and its 32

club proprietors will give $100 million in support of planning movements and remedial research

- despite the $100 million as of now pledged by the gathering to therapeutic and neuroscience

investigate. The Play Smart Play Safe movement also requires enrolling a specialist to fill in as

the class' focal helpful officer.

10. "NFL and Concussions: First Evidence of Brain Injury in Living Ex-Players." Time,

Time, time.com/4289745/nfl-blackout side effects treatment/. Gotten to 26 Mar. 2017.

For a significant period of time, the NFL has stayed by the contention that there is no prompt

affirmation exhibiting that playing football is associated with traumatic personality hurt (TBI) or

the stunning cerebrum issue incessant traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is continuously

being examined in past players. Likewise, they were proper, one might say. The confirmation
that existed was accidental, and most included finding signs of TBI in lapsed players, making it

hard to know undoubtedly whether their time in the gathering was competent or whether diverse

components accepted a section.

11. Scutti, Susan. "NFL declares $100 million blackout activity." CNN, Cable News

Network, 14 Sept. 2016, www.cnn.com/2016/09/14/wellbeing/nfl-blackout security activity/.

Gotten to 26 Mar. 2017.

National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell detailed Wednesday an action

proposed to grow the prosperity of the beguilement, especially by turning away, diagnosing and

treating head wounds. As a segment of the movement, Goodell expressed, the organization

together and its 32 club proprietors will give $100 million in support of planning movements and

remedial research - despite the $100 million as of now pledged by the gathering to helpful and

neuroscience investigate. The Play Smart Play Safe action furthermore requires enrolling a

specialist to fill in as the class' focal remedial officer.