Wrestlers would be away from their family for the majority of the year. They would only return home when and if they were injured. Former wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper has been mentally affected by everything at once .According to Piper, "I experienced what we in the profession call the silent scream” (Behind Fun Façade…). The silence scream involves loneliness, drugs and pain. It has been overwhelming for wrestlers, mentally and physically to be able to accept everything that was going on in and out of the ring. The amount of pain that the wrestlers were in physically affected them mentally.
Being on the road so much made not only made the wrestlers physically drained, but mentally as well. The wrestlers had become socially affected by this traumatic way of living. Rowdy Roddy Piper explains the struggle of what the wrestlers went through throughout his narration:
You're in your hotel room.You're banged up, numb and alone. You don't want to go downstairs to the bar or restaurant. The walls are breathing. You don't want to talk. Panic sets in and you start weeping. It's something all of us go through.(Behind Fun Façade…)
There wrestlers such as Piper who realized how this was destroying him mentally. The mental abuse was sometime caused by the physical damage in that took place while wrestling in the ring.
Former heavyweight champion, Chris Benoit was known to be one of World Wrestling Entertainment’s best wrestlers to ever step in the ring. Chris appeared to be smaller than what a champion is known to look like. In order to prove he was champion like material he had to constantly work and strive for that position. Benoit took steroids in order to have a large physique. His use of steroids caused a change in behavior. He began ...
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... of their wrestlers. The people in charge of the industry not caring only caused the death rate to increase.
The more deaths that were taken place within the industry, the more the industry kept being looked at by the media. The media began to get ahold of medical reports from doctors stating the cause of deaths and how many wrestlers have died from it. Swartz stated “ at least 65 wrestlers died in that time, 25 from heart attacks or other coronary problems -- an extraordinarily high rate for people that young, medical officials say”(Behind fun façade…). Once this all became public to the world wrestling promoters and those who were in high position of power began to take action. It took a high number of tragedies for the company to realize the difference between right from wrong and to understand that the wrestlers are human being as well and do also have a health
The competitive nature of professional boxing plays an integral role in the longevity of the sport throughout earlier civilization to the modern-day era. The pivotal key in the success of boxing is the unpredictability of what each match entails, which often triggers excitement to highly devoted fans. Nonetheless, there are serious hazards associated with professional boxing (e.g., brain atrophy, and neurological and cognitive impairments). As a matter of fact, most fatalities in the ring are usually due to brain injuries such as brain hemorrhage, subdural hematoma, and brain contusions (Ryan, 1998). In hopes to witness a huge decline in head-injuries, several medical societies have consistently urged the banning of this sport. In this analysis, I will 1) examine the potential dangers of professional boxing; 2) explore the etiology, and the prevalence of CTE in professional boxers and lastly, 3) conduct a comprehensive analysis of two opposing views regarding professional boxing (i.e., to ban, or not to ban?);
He was forced to perform every hour on the hour with eight shows a day. This stress ended up giving
With an on going tour schedule, Cash was constantly on the road three hundred nights a year, Brainstorming the country with a barrage of popular hits including “Ring of Fire” and “Understand Your Man.” Also, Johnny appeared consistently on the “Louisiana Hayride” and “Grand Ole Opry” radio broadcasts. However, the schedule and the pressures that faced him took a toll on his personal life. Drugs and Alcohol were constant tour companions while his wife Vivian went to go home and take care of their children. Johnny’s two daughters Cindy and Tara were frustrated with their fathers
The number of players abusing drugs in the NFL is increasing every year (www.cbs.sportsline.com). This is concerning because it seems like more and more players each year get caught either using drugs, or being involved in some kind of drug activity. The only drug being used that is on the decline is anabolic steroids. This decline is due to several players in the 1970's and 80's dying before they could see their kids make it to high school. The first player to publicly come clean about being addicted to drugs was Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson. He was a Dallas Cowboys linebacker who played in three Super Bowls. He told the world about his addiction in 1981. He claims that a player using cocaine and marijuana was very uncommon at his rookie season. The more he played, the more drugs he began to take. He claims that since he came clean, the problems have been getting worse. More and more players keep doing drugs even after they hear of players having drug problems. If these...
In my opinion, some of these athletes like UFC fighters and football players’ are at a higher risk of their Orbitofrontal Cortex being damaged. What happened to Phineas Gage was a tragedy that could also happen to anyone. At least today, someone would have better chance of surviving or surviving without any permanent damage vs. the something like this happening in the 20th century. After researching more about this part of the brain, I also think about some of these young athletes that get concussions before their Orbitofrontal Cortex has matured. “Based on current neuroscience data, the assumption is that the brain does not fully mature until at least the mid-20s, so if a concussion occurs in a still-developing brain, the trajectory of that
Through doing research on athletes steroid abuse, I found the article about wrestlers who are HIV-positive and why they need to use steroids. This article is title Wrestling with Steroids by Todd Henneman. A wrestler had to take steroids prescribed by a doctor but the athlete worried that it would disqualify them from the tournament. This was due to steroids mostly being used to enhance performance. The officials wanted the game to be balanced between rules and competition.
I couldn’t go to the rumble. No way. Ever since Bob died I’ve grown tired of fighting. It seemed like a good idea at the time; to get drunk and jump some greasers. Hell, it was my idea. My fault Bob is dead. I know I should have gone to the rumble, to support my West side brothers but I couldn’t, not to see more injury and nothing change. I guess after all, I am a coward.
He recalled that the only thing that kept him going was the thought of his two little brothers. "i gotta do it for them," he stated. That was his motivation to keep going to school and stay focused on what he later plans on becoming, a special agent for the FBI. Christian told me that the stressor's effect lasted for about 3 months. During these 3 months, he felt like not doing anything and "giving up." After the 3 months, he began to cope with it and went back to his regular routine. From my perspective, I feel like after the 3 months, he just went blank and tried to completely forget and avoid those
As I sit here with my eyes closed, I imagine a tropical breeze. The warm wet air slides over my face. The humidity seems almost heavy enough to crush me. As I take a deep breath, the realization that this is no tropical air comes crashing in. Instead of the refreshing scent of the ocean, or tropical plants, the taste of salt from sweat and a smell of the human body fill my lungs. The daydream is over. A shrill whistle sounds and the voice of coach Chuck booms through out the room, breaking the peace that was comforting the pain in my shoulder and bringing me back to reality. I was not on some humid island paradise, but rather in the explosive atmosphere of the Hotchkiss High School wrestling room.
Many professional athletes have ruined their career from using steroid. A few MLB players are Jose Canseco, Rafael Palmeiro, Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, and Roger Clemens. Some of the other athletes are Shawne Merriman a NFL player, Canadian Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson, Floyd Landis an American cyclist, Greek olympians Kostas Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou, ...
Wrestling is the hardest sport both physically and mentally.The constant management of weight is what kills me the most, I can take all the cheap shots from opponents and the slams down onto the mat but the cutting weight part is the worst. It was the day before a tournament and I was 14 pounds over the weight I was going to wrestle that weekend. I had to lose it, so i did. I ran with layers of clothing on all night long and I didn 't eat or drink anything for two days, I made myself freeze at night so my body would burn more calories to keep me warm, me and friends drilled for hours to help me shed those final pounds. I went through hell and yet not one person tried to stop me or check to see if i was physically okay. They cared about the medal i was going to get that weekend rather than the fact that i was on the verge of dehydration and malnourishment. People should consider the mental and physical health problems wrestling has on a person such as dehydration, excessive weight loss,going days without eating,and the breakage of a person’s will, however all they think about is the titles and the medals they will receive if they can just make that weigh in.
CLAP, CLAP, CLAP, CLAP, echoes through my head as I walk to the middle of the mat. "At 160lbs Aidan Conner of La Junta vs. Rodney Jones of Hotchkiss." All I can think of is every bead of sweat, every drip of blood, every mile, every push up, every tear. Why? All of this: just to be victorious. All in preparation for one match, six minutes. For some these six minutes may only be a glimpse, and then again for some it may be the biggest six minutes of their life. Many get the chance to experience it more than once. Some may work harder and want it more than others, but they may never get the chance. All they get is a moral victory. Every kid, every man comes into the tournament with a goal. For some is to win, for some is to place, others are just happy to qualify. These six minutes come on a cold frigid night in February at a place called the Pepsi Center. Once a year this gathering takes place when the small and the large, the best of the best, come to compete in front thousands of people. I am at the Colorado State Wrestling Championships.
When they see the wrestlers they are so much bigger than they thought. The wrestlers have big and powerful wrestlers. They are always in top condition. The smaller wrestlers still have muscles but they are not as powerful as the bigger ones. The smaller wrestlers rely on their speed to win their matches.
There are many theories to why there is so much violence in sports today and one of them is because the athletes today are able to get away with more when they are young. An example would be if a high profile high school athlete who had a scholarship to a big time school were to get in trouble maybe it would be hidden a lot more. Where as if another non-athlete had done the same thing there would be more of a price to pay. So from an early age these athletes learn that they are more important then other students or people. When they get to the college or pro level and someone tells them what to do they don't know how to handle it in the correct manor. Many professional athletes have been looked upon as a problem before they become pro because of certain violence problems they have had in the past. And in many cases it has hurt player in where they are drafted and the money that they make.
...Though there have been various laws and rules in the sports, athletes didn’t hesitate breaking those rules. Using drugs in the sports a favorable outcome (to win) and gambling have speeded to the maximum. Athletes are cheating in sports through drugs and gambling leads to cheat to get the name, fame, money and rewards and instead of using their own effort and ability to work. They cheat when they don’t have to and when they get caught it ruin their career. In addition, gambling itself is addictive and the athlete who begins losing the money can be dangerously vulnerable to different destructive behaviors. Drug use and gambling are harmful for the career. Finally, all cheating in sports has to eliminate to save the spirit of sports.