Sports are a universal wide phenomenon. Athletics are played all over the globe and also here in Bullhead. Many people in the local high schools and through the city participate in sports. Many of the sports require some safety gear but it is not always quality. This tends to cause many injuries in sports that can be easily avoided with the right equipment. Other sports require safety equipment but not every safety accessory necessary to protect the players. This includes things like pads on soccer goals, facemasks on baseball helmets, or even mouth guards in football. These are all things that can be used to avoid serious injuries. If the equipment was improved, our local athletes could be in less danger of injuring themselves.
Simple things like rules and regulations can help with the sport equipment issue. In many sports there are already rules, but some can be added. Referees or Umpires can also check gear to make sure it is up to standards. Little adjustments in the game can make it much safer for the players. At Mohave High School, our basketball games would have been safer for us if we had our athletic trainer to tape our ankles up when we rolled them. Instead, we had our coach or a parent do it for us. There were numerous times when a girl rolled her ankle out on the court and the coach helped us out, but our athletic trainer was no where to be found. At all the away games though the school would have a trainer. All around the country there are many injuries everyday and many local participants take those risks. We need to provide the proper equipment so our athletes are safe.
In football, concussions are high in numbers every week. It is almost always because of head on collisions with other players. “Terry Bradshaw, ...
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...tic equipment could save athletes the pain and the money caused by injuries. Sports need quality equipment.
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OUTLINE Thesis: Although most hockey athletes believe that by wearing required equipment keeps them safe from injury, however I believe that these regulations should be stricter because of the severity of recent and past injuries. Introduction: Are equipment regulations enough to keep our hockey athletes safe? I. Injuries a. Richard Zednik b. Clint Malarchuk c. Bill Masterton II. History of Equipment a. Pre 1950 b. 1960-1970
The average NFL player takes up to 1,000 blows to the head throughout their football career. Some of those blows can have the force of a sledgehammer (“RealNatural”). Based on a research study by Dr. Jesse David, there were 265 concussions reported in the 2012 season, during the 2011 season there were 266 concussions, and 270 concussions in 2010 season (Kacsmar). It has been known that repeated blows to the head can cause long-term brain damage since at least the 1950’s, long before most of the NFL players had begun their careers (“RealNatural”). Past infractions of the NFL have already resulted in over 4,500 forme...
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Even though the devastation of concussions is just rising to the surface, they have always been around. In 1994, the NFL started a committee called the MTBI (Mild Traumatic Brain Injury). Dr. Elliot Pellman was appointed as chair, and he was quoted saying, “We think the issue of knees, of drugs and steroids and drinking is a far greater problem, according to the number of incidents” (Ezell). This quote shows how concussions did not hold much importance, even though it should have been the committee's main focus. This is ironic, because in today’s sport world concussions are a highly talked about topic. They hold such significance that some rules are even being changed to lower the risk for players.
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The story gives examples and studies of NFL (National Football League) players, and how their lives react to brain injuries and concussions. “Despite all the money invested in the sport… Publicity about the long-term symptoms suffered by brain-injured football players has lowered participation in the sport…” (Burleigh 612) Football, no matter what you do to it, will forever be dangerous and the hotspot of concussions and problems of the brain. The added padding or penalties cannot stop a such a thing as a concussion, the only way to get rid of them is to get rid of the sport all together. There has been millions of dollars put in for researching to limit severe head trauma, which has seemed to lower the casualty rate of NFL players, but still there is cases of concussion-related
Contact sports in America, like football and boxing, carry a rich history of the spirit of the game, and the feeling of victory. These games bring us together as we cry out and cheer for our team or fighter as they deliver the winning touchdown, or the knockout that brings them the undisputed champion belt. However, these players are facing injuries that can destroy their career and affect their brain for the rest of their lives. We shouldn’t outlaw contact sports, but we should force safety to become more important. If we want to keep our players safe and continue the tradition of the contact sports we enjoy as a country, then we must evolve our safety in sports, and change the way we view contact sports as a country.