Concussions in football are a serious injury and fear for athletes. Although football players and coaches have knowledge of concussions, they are still undermining the importance of the risk of playing with one. Football is a collision sport and head to head contact is made on every play. When a player experiences a big hit, as long as they can walk, they will try to keep playing. That’s the mindset of football players and they’ll do anything to stay on the field. Football is one of the most competitive sports and players don’t want to let down their team by watching from the sidelines. I played football in High School and I would not leave the field unless I got dragged off or my coach subbed me in. Having trainers and referees watch out for players that look dizzy or show signs of a concussion could help solve this problem. In much of youth football, it is rare that a trainer or doctor attends practice or even games. This is a problem because children don’t know when and how they could be hurting themselves for the future if they have a concussion. They listen to their coaches and their coaches most likely aren’t medically trained. Coaches can also have a biased opinion because their job is to win games and they will play their best athletes as long as the athlete will play. I think that trainers or doctors, whoever is on the medical staff on the sideline, should have the ultimate decision on the health of a player and determine if he can play or not. They have the best, unbiased opinion to make the decision if a player should play or sit on the sidelines. This will help decrease the long-term effects of a concussion.