Essay On High School Football Injuries

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How much should a person value their own life? How much should one value the life of your friends and family? More than a medal or a title? Then why do people continue to allow young lives to be put at risk? In recent years, high school football injuries have been on a rise. In 2017 alone, there were two dozen fatal injuries. (CBS News) And not only are injuries taking a toll on teenagers, their studies are taking a pretty hard blow as well. With these statistics at hand, I believe that football is too dangerous to be played in high school. Though the term might be “student athlete,” it seems that for many, “athlete” has taken the lead. Many college and highschool graduates hit the real world with a thud, knowing how to throw a football …show more content…

According to The american Journal of Sports Medicine, “four out of every thousand high school football exposures resulted in an injury. (How Dangerous) On average, the human brain is not fully developed until it’s late twenties. The developing brain tissue of a teenager is what makes them especially susceptible to severe brain damage, like concussions. A concussion can usually resolve itself in about six weeks, but repetitive concussions can eventually lead to having long-term problems like shorter attention span and memory loss. Though there is a big push for safer helmets in all football, peewee through pro, even the newest helmets cannot prevent or even substantially protect from head injuries. “A new study finds that football helmets currently used on the field may do little to protect against hits to the side of the head, or rotational force, an often dangerous source of brain injury and encephalopathy.” (American Academy of Neurology) The NOCSAE approved a modified drop test to be conducted by researchers which tested the effects of a 12 mile per hour hit against different helmets. The researchers conducted 330 tests and the results showed that, on average, the top ten most trusted helmets only protect from injury 20% better than not wearing a helmet at all, which was a quite an alarming

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