Concussions in football

    Football is one of the most violent contact sports out there. In recent years there has seem to be a rise in head injuries in football. Most of the talk is in the National Football League. The league commissioner Roger Goodell has tried to reduce these injuries in the NFL by making different penalties for hits to the head on defenseless wide receivers and quarterbacks. These penalties cost the players team fifteen yards and a whole new set of downs. Recently the commissioner has set a new rule in which the running back on offense cannot lower his head into a defensive player trying to tackle him in the open.
       It is not just in the NFL where players are receiving head injures, it is also in high school and pee wee football. A lot of parents won't let their children play football because of the risks. Even former and current NFL players won't let their children play football. Here is a link to a website of high school football head injuries. http://www.momsteam.com/health-safety/concussion-rates-high-school-sports
       On the other hand, like myself, believe that head injuries aren't actually increasing, we are just becoming more aware of them. Players back in the 80's wouldn't go see their trainer or team doctor if they got hit hard and they were dizzy from the hit for a while. They would just keep on playing until the injury got serious. Now we are much more careful of head injuries because of the effects it can have later in life.