NFL Risk Management

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Risk plays a part of everyone’s daily life and most of the time we don’t even realise that we are in fact risk managing all the time. It can be something as simple as choosing what time you leave for your lecture to a more drastic decision such as not to drive whilst tired. We are constantly faced with different degrees of risk in our lives. For the purpose of this essay risk can be defined as ‘’.
In this essay we will discuss the risk management used by The American National Football League (NFL) in their association with the concussion crisis. The NFL chose a strategy of denial and evasion of responsibility until the 1990’s. Until then there hadn’t been much research into the spin off effects of concussions in players. Pellman was elected …show more content…

Don Brady claimed that many NFL players were not given accurate and essential knowledge in relation to concussions. Due to poor risk management, ignorance and negligence the NFL faced millions in lawsuits. “The first concussion lawsuit involving a professional football player was filed sixteen years ago by Merril Hoge, a former running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Bears. In 1996, Hoge filed a medical malpractice action against Doctor John Munsell, the team physician. Hoge claimed that Dr. Munsell failed to warn him about the risks of returning to the game too quickly after a concussion. After a two-week trial in June 2000, the jury awarded Hoge $1.55 million in damages” (Scheuerman …show more content…

The NFL introduced a numerous amount of rule changes in an attempt to reduce the amount of blows a player a receives. From November 2009 players could not return to practice or to a game on the same day if they should symptoms that could indicate concussion. The NFL also invested in new technology to detect brain injury during a game. The industry introduced a rule that insured all players wore helmets with a shock data logger created by Schutt Sport. If a player is hit with a g-force of 98 or over the helmet light turns from green to red. This is due to the fact that a g-force of 100 will increase the chances of a player suffering from a concussion. The NFL attempted to use a side line response system to record frequency and severity in 2010 although this failed. In February 2013, the NFL and General Electric partnered on a five year, fifty-million-dollar project to develop technology that prevents, shows and prevents more protective material. They also started to provide more screening procedures for their players in order to detect concussions early. This structure of improved risk management helped the NFL to gain back the trust of their players and improve their overall

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