Football Concussion Research Paper

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The brain is a soft organ that is surrounded by spinal fluid and protected by the skull. The spinal fluid also protects the brain from banging into the skull. But, if the body or head is roughly hit, the brain can be injured by crashing into the skull (webmd.com). One of the most crucial and well known brain injury that is caused by the brain crashing into the skull is a concussion. Football was first developed by the Ancient Greeks, the name of the sport was Harpston. Harpaston was a very rough and brutal game. These are the ways they played: a person were awarded with points if he kicks or runs the ball over a goal line. The other team without the ball has to stop the team with the ball, by any means possible. There were no specific number …show more content…
Having a concussion in general is very harmful because you can have brain damage such as the following: lose memory, have mental confusion, and have of period of time being unconscious. Some of the most common ways of getting a concussion in football is by having head to head contact with another player, or getting hit blindsided (getting hit without looking).(www.nhs.uk) Trey, a friend of mine, almost witnessed a concussion happen because he plays football. This is what happened. One of his teammates blindsided tackled a player from the opposing team. The kid laid there for a few minutes without moving. I know, when a person does not move after getting hit like that, is not good. The coaches called the paramedics on the field to help him. Next thing you know, the player was on his way to the hospital. No one knew exactly what type of injury he had. Later, the coaches found out he had broken ribs and a concussion. This is just an example of injuries that occur during football in little league. As kids get older and continue to play football in high school, in college and professional football, injuries tend to get worse. When fans watch football games on T.V. they witness some horrifying injuries. Injuries such as players arms or legs being broken, players getting tackled so hard their helmets fall off, players getting blind sided by more than one player causing concussions, and many more other injuries