The article “is football just too dangerous” is about the
debate on if football is safe or not. Buzz Bissinger argues against football
stating how dangerous it is. She makes the point that football can cause chronic
traumatic encephalopathy (CTF) which is caused by having too many concussions
which frequently happens to football players from being hit in the head too hard
often. She also supports her argument by stating that even a professional
football player’s father would be “very hesitant” if given the chance to make
the decision of his son playing football because of the dangers. Conversely
Scott Hallendeck says that all sports have a high risk of someone getting a concussion.
He makes his point that coaches are being trained now to teach football in
safer ways. He also says that “the rate of concussion in girls ice hockey is
nearly double that of football” saying that compare to some other sports
football is less prone to concussion that those with rates up to 21 percent. If
we think any sports we play we are vulnerable to can get a concussion from, so
in think that all we can do is make sure that the child will be taken care of
if the situation occurs. Knowing a lot of young boys that play football I know
that it is a great way to get exercise and feel a part of something so I don’t think the best thing is to stop deny
your child of playing football because he might receive a concussion it is all
part of growing up and playing a sport.
Good post. Couldn't your kids play a less-dangerous sport?
ReplyDeleteAlso, Buzz is a dude. 95