Article #1 : Concussion help in NFL
Concussions are a big issue in all sports, for this article I wanted to focus specifically on football. There are many instances in which players get hit in the head and don’t say anything about it and the biggest culprit of this the NFL. Imagine putting you body through violent collisions for 60 minutes, while that’s what pro football players do. Hits to the head that lead to headaches once were not a big problem but now it’s a huge problem. The NFL are becoming more aware of the dangers of receiving a concussion as a result they have taken steps to ensure players are protecting after receiving a huge blow to the head. The regulation uses to be that every team has doctors on their sideline in the case of an injury. Now a rule has been placed that at every game an athletic trainer is placed in the press box to watch the games and specifically look for hits to the head that could be dangerous. I think this is such a great idea because it shows that NFL is worried about player safety. Also by having a person just looking for concussion type hits make the jobs of the doctors on the field a little easier as they can not see everything that happens.
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