Argumentative Essay: The Effects Of Football On The Brain

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Sunday night football is now the go to entertainment for most Americans. The NFL is the only company that can say they own a day of the week. At the closing of the week Americans get in front of their giant televisions to watch players bash into each other while devouring their buffalo wings and beer. To many, they are aware the sport is intrinsically dangerous, but most do not grasp the full ramifications that colliding with another human being at twenty miles per hour can have. Football is disastrous to the physical health of all humans, but the risk is multiplied if the sport is played by the youth. The effects of football on the brain have have been widely exposed in recent years. With college and pro players taking their life for little to no known reason, the autopsies reveal that plaguing many players, is a phenomenon known as …show more content…

Couple this with the fact that most of the nation's football players are in the developmental years of their life; you have a recipe for disaster. Injuries to the body and head of children can have serious lasting implications. Growth plate injuries can stunt the growth of children resulting in disproportionate bones after puberty.(National Institute…) Now if injuries to the limbs weren't enough, blows to the head of children is even more dangerous than in adults. Doctors used to think the adolescent brain recovered better from trauma more effectively than adults but recent light has showed otherwise.(Perry) Child players on average receive 240 head blows during a typical season; these repetitive blows to the head can be detrimental to children prior to the age of twelve.(Neurology) A study showed that NFL players that started playing football before the age of twelve performed significantly worse on brain tests than their counterparts who started later.(Neurology) This has to put stress on your decision of whether letting your child play football at a young age worth

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