'm a 6'5" wide receiver; a big target so to speak, and also a big target for a concussion! I've had my fair share of head injuries, a tall target like me coming across the middle through those big linebackers is dangerous and I've felt the result of that happening. Coming across the middle and having a dead on head to head, helmet to helmet contact is the worst thing a player could ask for.
When ever a player is running full speed at each other, a head to head contact hit can be a terrible result.
This is a extremely dangerous game, the game is made to be fun, yet its harmful, the game must be made safer for the people who want to continue with a long career in football. Concussions are making the game unsafe, that's why there are you rules and or new helmets being put into the game for a while now to try and make the game safer, yet there are people getting seriously hurt.
That's because there are players like this
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| JJ Watt |
And what I mean by that is, that the game is getting bigger in talent speed and size of athletes. This here his a 6'5" 295lbs man with a 61"box jump who runs a forty in under 5 seconds, Being hit by that would be unsafe. The average NFL linemen in the 1970s was 270lbs, now today there pushing 330lbs plus. The game is more talented and faster, and more aggressive, so people say there is no way to stop people from getting concussions, and though that might be true, there are plenty of ways to prevent them.
It's been proven that people have suffered long turn effects from playing the game for so long, from getting knocked around in the head so much really starts affecting athletes mentally in the long run. Every time someone gets a concussion there brain in bouncing of there skull, and that does cause brain damage.
So the more hits to the head one person takes the more effects take place inside that mans head. And there has been suicides from former NFL players, that might be lead back to the amount of head injuries that men has suffered; Junior Seau committing suicide back in 2012, and the investigation of what cause him to do it is still under way, but they do believe concussions is the leading cause.
The game will continue to grow, and new techniques and technogly will continue to grow.
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Revolution speed Helmets have been proven to help reduce concussions, but yet there are still flaws in the helmet. So more and more helmets are being created |
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| This is the "Flex Speed Helmet", they says its the number one helmet proven to reduce the likelihood of getting concussion. Most helmets are made out of an thin layer of metal inside, but the Flex Speed is made out of thicker layer on titanium, and a extra pad is right under that what looks like a flap on the top of the skull. They say it will be to costly to mass produce these helmets, and that is true, they aren't very cheap. But let me ask you this, isn't the safety of the players worth spending for, being able to keep the people safe while playing this game is the number one priority? And are we guaranteeing that these new helmets will completely end concussions, no! But spending this money will help, there's no way to prevent concussions completely but there are ways to help reduce concussions, brain injuries are more serious then people know, so it's worth the money. In the video below is the effect of concussions and leaving them untreated, It shows how much trouble a coach or player could get in. |
