Article #5: High Risk, High Reward

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/05/health/nfl-neurodegenerative-disease/index.html


Untreated concussions can be very harmful to a person, especially a football player as they experience head on collisions almost every play. This article talks about a new study that is being conducted to exactly discover what the long term effects of concussion could be. Study finds that football players are more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease as they age. Specifically the study was conducted by following the post lives of NFL football players. What was found was that some of these players actually died from aAlzheimer's and other diseases associated with the brain. One of the most interesting quotes in this article was said by the NFL players association they claimed that the league"downplayed and misrepresented the issues and misled players concerning the risks associated with concussions." What I say to this is they are crazy. Everyone who signs up for football knows that the game is high risk- high reward. If anything professional players should really understand that message. Why should the league have to put out on the table all of the downsides of playing football. I mean they do get paid millions of dollars, why not use some of that money to get treatments for brain injuries? The players should really re-evaulate their claim as they know the risk of the game.