Argumentative Essay: Why Football Is More Dangerous Than Hockey

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Did you know that football is more dangerous than hockey? It is, according to the article, "Ranking Sports from Least to Most Dangerous: Includes NFL, NBA, NHL and Soccer”. My topic is that hockey isn’t a dangerous sport because sports other than hockey are more dangerous like football. In football there are there are about 248,642 or more injuries per year. Hockey isn’t a dangerous sport. Hockey isn’t a dangerous sport like some people say because the players have a lot of protection theAlthough people think that hockey is an extremely dangerous sport, there are safeguards built into the game that protect players. Hockey players wear a tremendous amount of protection, receive penalties for roughness, and can even be suspended for

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