Nfl Differences In Sports

The National Football League (NFL) has been a part of American culture since its conception. Although it is popular, football is not the safest sport to be played. Many say that football’s brutal style of play has led to injuries that can not be detected until after death. There are multiple scientific studies that prove this point, but the real question is; How can the sport be reformed in order to make the it safer for athletes? This question can be seen through multiple lenses, but in order to fully comprehend this question, we must view football’s relationship with injuries through a historical lens. The history of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in the NFL is a very long and complicated history, but it can be narrowed down to a

Omalu’s findings were revolutionary, so he went on to the NFL to tell them about the dangers of the football. Author of the article ,His Fight to Make Football Safer, Johnny Dodd, states that “Naturally, he assumed the NFL would have a vested interest in how “repeated sub-concussive blows to the head can cause microscopic injuries to the brain.’” (Dodd 2). This shows how excited that Omalu was to share his findings. He felt as though the NFL would be excited to discover more about the sport that is played in their league. He went to the NFL, but, also according to Dodd, “Not only was the NFL not interested in what he’d discovered, but they spent nearly a decade attacking his reputation, discrediting his research efforts and demanding a retraction when his findings finally became public.” (Dodd 2). This led to many declining the ideas that Omalu’s research had clearly proven. Dr. Omalu felt as though he was being rejected, although he has eight advanced degrees. He continued to fight and argue that football was causing CTE in the players of the sport. He published papers and academic articles about the topic. There was no bias found in this portion of the research. Johnny Dodd is a staff writer for People Magazine. He writes about current events and pop culture. There is no reason to be bias, as People Magazine is a non bias magazine organization with no connections to Dr. Omalu or the NFL. Johnny Dodd has no real relationship to football or brain trauma as a whole, so

Omalu may had been told that his findings were incorrect by the NFL, but his thoughts and ideas would not have been rejected that way. Ben Reiter, a senior journalist for Sports Illustrated magazine, states that Peter Landesman, a director and Will Smith, a famous actor, showed up at his office. “They were there to research a film that would tell the story of Omalu’s struggle, and shine a light on the NFL’s head trauma crisis with an impact that only Hollywood can provide.”(Reiter 3). Omalu was excited and believed that the film was a great idea. It was worked on and finally released in theaters. Reiter also states that The movie is called Concussion. It will be released by Sony Pictures on Christmas Day. Says Smith, whose 22 previous movies have grossed a combined $2.8 billion,” (Reiter 3). The movie continued and was released on that date. The NFL did not cooperate on the making of this film, although Will Smith stated that the film was not against the NFL, and its goal was to bring attention to the matter of concussions and CTE. Ben Reiter may have some bias, due to the nature of his job. His job relies on the NFL’s success. The journal which this comes from ,Sports Illustrated, is owned by Time Inc. which proves that the journal is credible. This concludes the most recent history of CTE and the