I think that the NFL was trying to hide the fact CTE was caused by the forceful hits of football. They are a multi billion dollar company and they will do whatever it takes to make sure they don't get hurt. This is really sad not only for the football players but also for the families. Once the players retire, the family that will take care of them. They are the ones that have to see their love one go through the difficult complications of CTE. Knowing that players were told that the concussions were not severely hurting them, is also very sad. The players were not properly educated on the risks of playing football. Yes, it could jeopardize the future generation of football player by announcing to the public the risks of playing football, but why would you want to jeopardize the lives of the players? I understand that football is meant to be a physical sport, but there has to be ways to make it even a little safer. I am sure that if players were taught the risks of football, they would not want to knockout the other players as hard as they do now.
Friday, December 5, 2014
League of Denial
In this documentary, it shows how CTE is being found in football players and how the NFL is constantly denying the link between the two. CTE can be complicated because it can only be diagnosed with post-mortem examinations of the brain. The NFL suggested that there has to be other reasons why CTE was showing up in football players. The concussions could be a factor, but the NFL said that other reasons outside of the sport could have been a factor in causing the disease. They are wanting the scientist who are researching the disease to investigate how it is being caused, and what are the factors causing it. Because of these two questions the NFL has been constantly denying that CTE is caused by brain trauma from the sport among football players. Only recently the NFL has been making changing and have been donating money in the research behind this disease.
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Now matter what football is a sport that causes many injuries it is a contact sport. The game is always going to be violent. We could find new accessories that could aid in protection but the difference it is going to make is minimal. Football is a staple of our culture it has a major impact and the NFL made a great business out of it. They are going to teach a new way to tackle or find a new technology that could reduce the amount of impact. But regardless of this football is going to cause problems it could be CTE or some other brain diseases.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kiran. The only way to make the issue of CTE decrease in football is to develop ne types of helmet's that are even more protective. That is way easier said than done. The NFL should also not allow any players who receive a concussion the opportunity to enter the game or practice for the rest of that week until they are cleared by a licensed medical professional. If you change how football is played or don't allow players to play the game the way they have always grown up playing it, more and more people will stop playing and watching football. The NFL's only choice is to put more money towards concussion research and preventative equipment to drastically reduce the risk of concussions. That's the only way to make the game safer, while keeping it the same violent and aggressive sport the nation has come to love and obsess over.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure even if the players knew the extent of future harm that brain trauma could do, they would still want the hardest hit. That's what gets celebrated most in football, other than touchdowns as we mentioned in class. Certain hits are made illegal for safety issues, yet many players accept the fines in order to still hit they way that want to (though not super often). Simply put: the game cannot be freed of C.T.E. and still be the same game we grew up with and continue to watch.
ReplyDeleteThat fact of the matter is everybody knew risk of playing and continued to play but the footballs team physcian shoud have done better and not given them the okay every time to go out there and play. I feel like everyone is at fault in this situation.
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