...sports teams from high school to the NFL need to focus more on the dangers of concussion sin football. In sports everyone who commits to playing for an organized team knows that there is a large risk involved by the time you are stepping onto the field, Court or Ice Rink. One of the most common sports that athletes are being injured in is the sport of football. Every one knows the dangers of the the full contact sport because it is so widely commercialized in for all ages. From High School all the way to the NFL football is a big deal but what about the injury's that come along with playing this violent game. Concussions are one of the most common injures that occur out of the football field and it has...
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...game and after next game. The audience can expect that where a ball goes. The other parents are bored even though the soccer game is their favourite and in spite of their son is playing as a player. He is like a peacock, it is probably like a circus for him. “We won again!” He said, and then the others are quiet and not answering. He felt sort of strange about his team, because the others do not give him a response for what he said. The locker room was like cloudy. Any conversations do not occur like usual and a bit strange....
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...Is Football Too Dangerous? What would Teddy Roosevelt do? Football, one of America’s most iconic and beloved sports, has been under scrutiny and, so to speak, investigation lately. Many people believe that football is just too dangerous to be played, especially amongst young men whose brains are still developing. Due to the many cases of head trauma and concussions, football is now at a crossroad. There are those who believe that the benefits outweigh the risks and want the legacy of football to be continued, and there are others who believe the risks outweigh the benefits and football is a much too dangerous sport to be playing. Football has always involved hard tackles and rough play, therefore, it is an insuperable task to play football and not get some sort of injury. However, concerns of the risks of football have not only been going on in the major leagues, but have also been occurring amongst high school players and youth leagues. After being polled, it was found that 50% of Americans would not want their sons to play football. The high-risk, but rewarding sport is literally at a crossroad. Some value the sport and believe that the benefits outweigh the...
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...To what extent has Sectarianism clouded Scottish football and what factors have proven most pivotal in its development? Sectarianism can broadly be understood as a 'narrow-minded following of a particular belief by members of a denomination that leads to prejudice, bigotry, discrimination, malice and ill-will towards members, or presumed members, of another denomination. Sectarianism can occur in different ways, either at an individual, group, cultural or institutional level' (Scottish Executive, 2006). From this, it can be determined that sectarianism refers to negative, aggressive or inappropriate conduct from one individual or group towards another from a different religious background. An extreme example of this was found as tensions heightened in the Glasgow loyalist area of Bridgeton in 1995, as 16 year old Celtic fan Mark Scott was brutally murdered walking home from a Celtic match by Rangers fan Jason Campbell, 23. This behaviour has been widely attributed to Scottish football, and its fans, for the better part of a century since the institution of Glasgow Celtic football club in 1888 and continues to prevail menacingly within Scottish football. The sectarian rivalry within Scottish football largely centres on its two dominant and largest clubs, Glasgow-based Celtic and Rangers. Berger (1984) concludes that in studying religious factions we can scrutinise human passions and motivations unrivalled in any other sector of social life. Indeed, it can be argued that sectarianism...
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...Odessa is a town where football rains supremacy to everything else. Not school, not politics or any other major topic in the town or country can dethrone football as it is what the town and people live for. Odessa is not a town where one goes to find a successful life, it's a place one goes to have Permian football engraved in their mind. Through "Friday Night Lights" by H.G. Bissinger, we get to see the impact football has on Odessa and its citizens through the eyes of the 1988 Permian High football team and what they went through. The Permian Panthers of 1988 was a team that the author H.G. Bissinger spent a year studying to truly understand the importance that Permian football had on this town. He packed up his bags and moved to Odessa with his family. This is a big sacrifice he made in order to look at an enigma of high school football in Texas. By Bissinger doing this, he is able to give the whole country just a glimpse of what exactly Permian football is and what it stands for through his book. All of the characters stood for different virtues and had different traits, but one thing they all shared was there love for Permian football. Going from the players on the team, to the coaches,...
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...Passion is a strong and barely controllable emotion, towards something. Passion is an emotion that drives me or almost anybody in this world. Passion is something that helps you achieve your goals or to be someone in your life. My passion is football. Football passionate me to push myself harder, be who I am, and have encouraging people around me to hold my back whenever I fall or anything happens to me. Football is a way to blow my steam, and this may be the only sport where you can express yourself physically and mentally. Football to me is a way to break all the barriers. Football pushes me and challenges me to not only do better, but be a good athlete, and a good student, and to me, the good thing about football is, if you lack...
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...“Football” before the 19th century referred to any number of ball games played on foot. The rules of these games differed from one another, some allowing the use of hands “running games”, others forbidding it “kicking games”. One legend has it that the football game rugby, American football’s ancestor, was invented when an Englishman grew tired of the no hands restriction, picked the ball up, and ran. Out of an interest to enforce the rules of the game the other players tackled the fellow. So much fun was this diversion that running football games were born. Whether this is true or not is unknown, but what is known is that football does have its origins in the games played by pre-colonial European peasants. The first vestiges of what would become American football are found in the 19th century in the games played by students at the elite schools and universities of the United States. A particularly violent running game was played at Princeton University circa 1820, and around this time a kicking game was also being played by students of Dartmouth College. Rules for the Dartmouth game, known as “Old Division Football”, were published in 1871. The first running game to codify its rules was the popular English sport, rugby, and it did so in 1845. While there is some degree of debate over what constitutes the first American football team, most sports historians point to the Oneida Football Club, a Boston club founded in 1861. Nobody knows what rules this club used; whether...
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...Why are there so many clichés in football? Every football fan would probably say that they're fluent in the "language of football". From the pragmatics of it, knowing that, in a footballing context, a brace is neither a device fitted to something to provide support or a pair of straps that pass over the shoulders and fasten to the top of trousers at the front and back to hold them up, to knowing the names of all the high potential, young gems that you've ever found on all the popular football management games you've ever played, football is a very broad and hard language to learn. One of the staples of the football language is the cliché. A phrase that is do overused that it loses its original impact, they're are hundreds of these phrases that are usually peppered in the post match interviews of players and managers and the commentaries of former players as former managers. A big question of those who are not fluent in the language of football is "what do all these clichés mean?" and "why are they used so often?" Some clichés are blatantly obvious, for example "A game of two halves" describes the structure of a football match perfectly, it has two sections of 45 minutes each (both sections are equal therefore they are "halves"). The cliché isn't meant to be a description of the structure of a game though, because a match can really have two juxtaposing halves, therefore a usage for the cliché. A great example of this is the 2005 Champions League final between AC Milan and...
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...Bam! Imagine if you were a star football player then people came to your door and told you that you couldn't play anymore! How would you feel if this happen to you! Well people should be aware of these things you would take away what people loved to do the most, players are very aware that they take risks every time they take the field, and there are awards that come from sports. To begin, football players should be able to do what they love to do. For example in source three the author states '' I love football i could play through an ankle injury.'' This clearly states how much D J Flucker enjoys and how big his passion to play football. Even though football players could get seriously hurt it would be horrible to make people stop doing what they love to do each and every week. In source two the author states '' The NFL ( National Football League) donates millions of dollars for research on brain injuries.'' Even if football players get hurt they will have an advantage on being able to get better. If football players weren't able to be able to play and football were to be banned forever football players would never be able to do what they love to do!...
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...ECO 455 RESEARCH REPORT PREPARED BY: SYED ANWAR SHAMS 083413020 NOWFEL ABU EUSUF 083397520 FOOTBALL IN BANGLADESH FACULTY: DR. A.F.M. ATAUR RAHMAN DATE OF SUBMISSION: 18.08.2011 NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY ACKNOWLEDGMENT First of all, we would like to thank the almighty Allah for giving us the Knowledge to conduct the entire research for this course. Then we definitely thank our respected faculty member (Dr. A.F.M. Ataur Rahman) for making us familiar with the precise process of making a quality research report through his scholastic Guidance. We would also like to show our gratitude to the following people, who have been extremely helpful till the completion of the entire research report, They are the beloved Family members, especially the parents who have given us all the love and support. It’s never possible to complete any task without their blessings. Our respondents for taking the time to fill out the Questionnaires for our research report. They showed valuable interests during the survey which also helped us to heighten our confidence. The authors and web publishers for letting us use all the information that we have incorporated as our secondary sources. We would also like to show our appreciation to North South University for giving us the knowledge and also for granting us access to the resource premises and print out some of the Questionnaires that we have needed. We also...
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...American football has always been one of the most popular sports in United States. A lot of parents sign their kids up for football at an early age in hopes of raising a new football superstar. But is it alright for minors (kids under 18) to play tackle football? I think yes for the following reasons: football helps kids be strong and athletic, football can teach important life lessons, and new technologies make football safer than ever. In football, there is a need for strength and athleticism. The game almost forces you to go to the weight room and put up some muscle. When you are the weakest player on the field, it’s no fun at all. But when your arms are bulging with muscle, it’s easy to cause fumbles, get sacks, and tackle your opponent. The game itself makes you strong. And when you are strong, you are healthy. That’s why parents should let kids play tackle football. Their kids will lose all their fat on the field. Also, football makes you athletic. When you get into different situations, you learn how to get out of them. The definition of athletic is physically strong, fit, and active. You become all of those things when you play a dynamic game like football....
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...Football Tragedies It's been proven that American Football is a dangerous sport because of an impact a football player gets in only one hit. Also, because of the concussions a football player gets can cause brain damage. There is a 99% chance of a NFL player to get the common disease called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). This disease is caused by all the head trauma a player gets from playing the sport. I believe a football player knows what is ahead of his future, but does not really care about dying with a disease because this is their passion and they are willing to die doing what they love the most. For the most part this is something that should be talked about because many parents who put their child in football at a young age don't know what their child will be diagnosed with CTE. Me as a mother, I would not allow my child to be a football player because what type of mother will put their child in a situation like this knowing what the consequences will be when they are grown adults. Football is a dangerous sport at any age when you are out on the field whether you are doing it professionally or throughout your life on a...
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...I am so happy you wrote to me a topical question. Football is the most popular sport in America. More than hundred people tune into watch the Super Bowl every year. Playing football is the great way to improve healthy lifestyle, teamwork, and concentration, etc. Although there are a lot of great reasons to playing football; there are also some problems that must be considered. Injuries are the part of football. Getting hit happens normally and the most dangerous problem when playing football is head injuries which can lead to health issues later in life, or cause a person’s psyche. Professional football players have stand a lot of jarring hits to their heads, and getting hit regularly will cause concussion. Brain damage is an important problem in football and you need to be aware of there are a lot of research showing that it is dangerous to let kids play football and there are also some true stories about kids died because of brain...
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...Football is a team game played in North America with an ova ball on a field marked out as a gridiron. College football has been around since 1869. There’s about 54% of U.S. residents or mainly americans who are college football fans; so basically college football plays a big part in America. People have made college football become as huge as the NFL. College football or the NCAA is nearly a 1 billion dollar industry and yet still college football players have issues with not getting paid. Students who are athletes usually have scholarships so they don’t have to worry about money and saying that “they need to paid” shouldn’t be said. These athletes shouldn’t be paid because of their scholarships, the NCAA is a non-profit organization, and...
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...Football In Soicety – How does football make you feel? Football makes me feel like I am on top off the world. Everything about this beautiful game gives me a good feeling. If it’s playing the game or even if it’s watching the game. Playing the game is what I have always loved doing because I love the sport so much. From being a young boy kicking a ball around the playing fields too now playing in competive matches weeks in and weeks out. When I am playing the game I get a real buzz from it. Their is no better feeling in the world whenever you score a goal in a match. From the moment the ball leaves your feet and travels into the net. It could complete your day and make you feel so happy. Playing football always gives you something too look forward too. You always want too no when the next match is our when the next training session is. This gives you a good feel off exictment. The best way I enjoy football is having a kick about with your mates in a soical area. As we did in class last Monday whenever the whole class traveled to Bedford Park too have a kick about. Wakening up in the morning knowing you had a kick about with a bunch off lads instead off having to go to a lecture brightens up your morning, this makes you feel good. During the game when you are playing you have a huge smile on your face and its all about having so much fun. It makes you feel great. However, football can also make you feel angry and can be upsetting. Playing a competive game off football at the...
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