Argumentative Essay Football

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Americans have known for more than forty years that alcohol damages the evolving brain of children. Americans have known for more than fifty years that cigarette smoking is harmful for the body. Americans have known these things, and we have done things to regulate it; the drinking age is twenty-one, smoking in enclosed public spaces is illegal. We have given up old practices for the safety and betterment of the world; with the exception of football. It has become clear that repetitive hits to the head in contact sports like football place athletes at high risk of permanent brain damage, yet parents still let their children play football. Parents should not allow their children to play football because their brain is not yet fully developed; …show more content…

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy or C.T.E is a, “Progressive degenerate disease which afflicts the brain of people who have suffered repeated concussions and brain injuries (BIRI). C.T.E can be the result of contact sports, like football, due to multiple hits to the head. People who contract C.T.E often have symptoms that include: major depression, memory loss, and suicidal thoughts and actions. Would you want to risk your child’s health by letting them play football? Football is a very dangerous sport, and C.T.E. is just one of the many ramafactions that can come from the …show more content…

Some people say scientist are developing helmets with more cushioning that will lessen the likely hood of getting concussions and brain damage, but studies have shown, “no amount of protection can stop the sudden acceleration and deceleration of the head” (The Week). This sudden acceleration and deceleration can be due to a copious of things like blocking, tackling, and being hit. This can cause the brain to move around like the yolk inside of a strongly shaken eggshell. By the sudden stopping and starting of the brain, it causes the brain to damage neurons, which never can fully recover. This means that you are permanently damaging your brain in football even if you have the best of the best

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