Reggie Bush was injured while playing for the San Francisco 49ers in St. Louis. Reggie fell on exposed concrete and suffered a season ending injury. Bush injured his knee when he slipped on a concrete surface adjacent with the field at the St. Louis stadium, formerly known as the Edward Jones Dome, after he ran out of bounds while returning a punt on Nov. 1, 2015. The injury caused him to miss the remainder of the NFL season. Reggie’s lawsuit claims the city of St. Louis was negligent in allowing this section of exposed concrete at the Edward Jones Dome to remain uncovered.…
Caleb Fox Nate Kreuter English 101 10/4/14 Rhetorical Analysis On July 23rd, 2012 an article was in Sports Illustrated magazine that was written by Michael Rosenberg and it was titled, “Shattered”. This opinion article is very information filled. It was written in response to the controversy to remove the Joe Paterno statue or not.…
Last year in the semi-finals against the Colts the Patriots had the football deflated to where it was easier for them to catch the football because it was raining. The team was fined 500,000$ and the coach was personally fined 250,000$. Then the whole Patriots team surprisingly fired their coach for it being his idea. Tom Brady was also allowed to play in Super Bowl XLIX and the Patriots ended winning the SuperBowl. Come to find out the only reason the coach came because he didn’t like the Seahawks coach and knock them off the top block.…
What is Deflategate? Deflategate is an American football controversy. A team is suspected of cheating by lowering the air pressure of the football, making it easier to grip. According to Gregory DiLisi et al, “Athletes and physicists have since agreed that using underinflated footballs gives several unfair advantages to the offensive team.”…
An incentive-based program for injuring players does not belong in the NFL. It is bad for the brand and bad for the people who play the game, which is far bigger than one coach or one team or one season (Darlington, 2012, pg. 1). Through the scandal there were many suspensions and penalties that were put in place to reprimand the franchise for its actions. Head Coach Sean Payton received a one-year suspension while General Manager Mickey Loomis was only suspended for eight games. Assistant Head Coach Joe Witt received a six game suspension and Defensive Gregg Williams was suspended indefinitely from the team.…
Imagine getting knocked out, and losing consciousness. Minutes later you get back up and are told to get right back on the field to play again. The National Football league has been plagued for years by concussion controversy. In the NFL (National Football League) there are way too many concussions.…
Players are getting concussions by playing the brutal sport of football and many players end up filing a lawsuit against the NFL. The NFL players are filing a lawsuit against the NFL because the brutal hits they took and the multiple serious…
On a cool october day at lambeau field you can hear a loud roar from the fans after brett Favre went down with a concussion. William Joseph drove Brett Favre into the ground when Favre got up he thought it was a little cloudy. The doctors did not want to put him back in the game with the fear of him having a concussion. One of the touchdowns in the game he could not even remember. Some people think that the NFL is spending too much money on concussion research.…
The player’s. The league was not caring about the players for almost twenty years it took over twenty-five scientist and lawyers to beat them in this case. The league wanted to protect the game of football instead of recognizing the true meaning why they was where they are. The football players gave of the excitement the fans wanted to see. The players were destroying their bodies and not recognizing that it was not good for them.…
People love the sport of football and millions of fans come out each year to watch a football game. But during these games people don't look at it as the sport of dangerous concussions. They look at it for the entertainment and it gets the fans adrenaline pumping. The NFL is finding new ways to make the sport safer and creating less injuries by reducing full contact practices and eliminating as many kickoffs.…
When a problem arises, people tend to look at others to assign blame when (more often than not) their finger should be pointing right back in the mirror. The NFL should not be given sole blame for the concussions players suffer while playing football; they are simply the easiest to target. When it is all broken down, the NFL would not even exist if it were not for every person who has ever bought a ticket, tuned into a game on the television or any form of device, or even bought merchandise. The fans are the water that keep the NFL afloat. During the Super Bowl 50, the peak average of viewers was 115.5 million, and that is just taking in to account the in-home televisions.…
That concern was the air pressure in the ball. It turned out, after further investigation after the game, the ball was in fact deflated. The concern from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, was that Brady played a big role in that. The reasoning behind that, a deflated ball however is easier to catch in cold weather.…
Howard 1 Ethan Howard Mrs. Williams ELA 2nd Hour 1/17/16 Should Parents Let Their Children Play Tackle Football? One of America’s most famous sports is football. Football is a popular sport for people to play and watch.…
Every Sunday, millions of people around the US sit down with their friends and family and watch their modern day gladiator fight known as football. For years people have enjoyed the carnage that the NFL has to offer. Viewers watch as two teams go at it on the field, and every now and then a player is carted off because of an injury. No one seems to take into consideration the seriousness of these injuries. Some of these injuries could take them out a week, a month, or even a year.…
From an ethical perspective, the NFL has a social responsibility to take care of their employees and hold an acceptable standard of living. A socially responsible company would do everything to keep their employees satisfied and safe. The NFL faced a crisis that of the players safety and has took way to long to act because of their…