concussions within the NFL

Concussions within the NFL

         There is a new article on ESPN news that a former NFL player has divorced his wife, has memory loss, and is going to a psychologist because he is now having suicidal thoughts. This is also happening to other former and current players that have had career ending injuries due to concussions. I have went and interviewed other people to see what their thoughts were about the article and the problem going on. First, I talked to Graham Isaak. Graham said that he thinks the NFL and the trainers need to be more careful and helpful in situations of hard hits and collisions. Graham also said that if the NFL would take more care of the players when they take hard hits, it could have prevented some of the losses of NFL greats like Junior Seau who committed suicide. This also shows that Junior Seau and other former players have tried to commit suicide before it actually happens. Some of the players said that they are just having suicidal thoughts, and some of them are saying that they are having to deal with suicidal actions. So if the NFL knows that this is happening, why are they not standing up and saying that they need to treat concussions with more care? The next person that I interviewed was Jake Daniel. Jake said that they also need to treat the players with much more care than they do now, and that they need to put in more effort as the National Football League's (NFL) job. Jake also said that ‘ Look at the players that have been severely hurt, and killed. Look at the players that have memory loss, or that get in divorces Jake also said, this could have been prevented from happening, it is the NFL’s job to step up and take more time, effort, and care for all of the players right now, and even some of the retired players that are in need for benefits to pay for their medical and health bills. There have been a total of 36 players in lawsuits against the NFL. Every last player that was in the lawsuits had something wrong with them due to concussions. Some players had memory loss, some had gotten in divorces with their wives, some were complaining that they have severe migraines every week. This can be prevented said one of the players in the lawsuit. There just needs to be more time ut in to helping some of the hits and concussions. Another player said that as a league, they need to put in more effort because players lives are on the line. One of the lawyers said that they agree that the NFL has to make sure all players with a concussion should be treated with more care. That same lawyer said that there should be a concussion test before, during and after a concussion because some players have concussions and do not even know it. From all of the sides of this problem, they all agree that the NFL needs to take more care for players that are hurt and have taken hard hits. This can also refer to having a concussion. One thing that all of the sides agreed on was that they need to run more concussion tests. Players that have a concussion should not be cleared to play, or be on the field former players say, because it can still be a danger if they are not paying attention. All sides agreed to put a concussion test before, during, and after a concussion to ensure a player's safety.

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By Jared Reed Period 5