Summary: On Monday, Sept. 29, 17 year old Isaiah Langston died from a hit to the back of the head while playing football. He was a Rolesville High School football player. A recent autoposy report says that he died of a hit to the back of the neck while practicing before a game. He complained of headaches two days after the practice and sat out. However, he was allowed to play during a game that Friday and during pre-game warmups, he collapsed on all fours. Langston spent the weekend at WakeMed and died on Monday. This happened two weeks after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was in Wake County promoting "Heads Up Football." It is unknown if Langston was wearing a helmet during the hit.
Connection: This article relates to health class because we recently watched a movie called The Blind Side and it was about a football player battling PTSD. We also learned about other mental illnesses such as Alzheimer. We also learned about making healthy decisions to keep ourselves safe.
Question: How can we prevent concussions from happening in football? Should schools put more money into football programs to keep the players safe?
In my opinion, I believe the school should've let him rest instead of pushing him to a point where it led to his death. Football is already a dangerous sport to play, and we should all take it into our concerns for deeply instead of just for joy and excitement. It is important to have both elements, but not to a point when you forget to take safety as your priority.
ReplyDeleteWe cant really stop concussions from happening because its a part of the sport and it happens. But we can try to prevent it from happening. To make it safer it would be best if schools put money for better padding or safer gear for the player to wear. This way it can probably lessen the shock when a player gets hit and could help stop head injuries from happening.
ReplyDeleteTo try and prevent concussions the played on the field should always be wearing helmets no matter what, and the helmets should have more interior padding. I think the football program should have separate funding for protective equipment, so the player dose not get injured.
ReplyDeleteI think that if someone gets hit in the head, they should be immediately taken out of the game and examined by the team doctor for signs of concussions. It is the responsibility of the school to keep its students safe and this responsibility extends to decisions about sports teams. If money is what it takes then so be it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said about schools needing to take responsibility for it's players. I would also like to add that I think it should be the refs job to make sure players are healthy enough to play in a game. I also think that refs should be trained to recognize serious injuries especially concussions.
DeleteI think that when a player gets hurt, even if its small, it should be treated as if it is big. This is because if you don't treat it, then players are at prone to having their injuries get worse. They could also not push their players tho the point of, trying even though its painful. They made that that guy play, even though he had told him his head hurt. They could have payed attention but they didn't. I don't think this necessarily means more money, but it does mean that the coaches should pay more attention to injury. Having a player out for a season is better than having him out for the rest of his life.
ReplyDeleteIn football, while on the field playing or practicing, players should always be wearing protective gear, such as helmets and body padding. This will lessen the chances of getting concussions; however, because there is a lot of physical contact in football, there isn't a way to completely prevent players from getting concussions. Currently, more rules are being made in football penalizing dangerous hits that can easily injure someone, such as hitting someone to the back of their head using a helmet. Coaches and other members of teams should teach their players how to hit correctly and safely in order to prevent injuries from happening to themselves or to the other players.
ReplyDeleteI think coming from a football players aspect, that you know you are going to get hurt in football its just part of the game and there a certain line that you have to draw when playing. Every person can only take a certain amount of beating before they can call quits, but i know in a normal game i have been hit hard, bruises, punched, choked and all this stuff but you have to play through for your team. I think that if its a illegal hit or a unfair hit that the play should be punished but i think that nothing will ever stop the violence and injuries in football.
ReplyDeleteI don't think we can prevent it because it's of the sport and any sport in general. We can only be careful when playing.
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ReplyDeleteComing from a football player perspective, i don't think that we can stop concussion but some ways we can try to prevent concussions is by getting better helmets, keep your head up and avoid helmet to helmet. Once you get a concussion once it is way easier to get another one. Getting injured is apart of most sports especially in contact sports. Schools should put more money into sports to try to get keep kids from getting injured as much.
ReplyDeleteHonestly the programs school put football players in are boring and quite possibly the player won't listen.What we need to do is get good head gear.The have recently developed helmets that beep and warn you when you get hurt enough that you could get a concussion.They should spend money on the head gear.
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes down to physical sports such as football, your personal health is a major concern. As a former football player, I've witnessed some of my teammates get concussions or other types of injuries. In my opinion, I truly feel that the network of sport designers need to improve in their work by coming up with new technology or new gear that will have a better chance of preventing injury. In conclusion, players need to be a lot more careful in what they are doing and need to be fully aware of how serious an injury can be.
ReplyDeleteI do think it's important to take care of one another when playing a contact sport such as football. Improving our sportswear to make it safer is definitely always an option, but also knowing when enough is enough is also important. Personally i'm not a football player, but the incidents I hear about in this sport is definitely a safety issue.
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