Jordan Coghill

Ms. Jizi
UWRT
1 March 2016

Double Entry Journal

Citation: Miller,

MC. "Concussion in Football." Harvard Mental Letter

(2010): n. pag. MEDLINE. Web. 1 Mar. 2016.

Source: Quote (Page# or Paragraph #)

Responses

In the NFL, players are generally not

considered real men unless they shrug off
injuries and play on. (pg 1)

I agree whole heartedly with this statement. I

see it all the time on TV and social media.
Guys getting called cowards for not being
able to bounce back immediately after
obtaining some sort of injury. This label of a
coward needs to be drooped because if it is
not, the player who received the injury may
feel obliged to go back and play even though
they know they should not.

But there is growing evidence that

professional football players are prone to the
kind of brain damage common in boxers, a
condition that used to be called dementia
pugilistica, but is now referred to as chronic
traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). (pg 1)

This statement provides insight about just

how severe the injuries are that these players
are having to deal with.

If two head injuries occur in relatively

This statement shows that there must be

some sort of mechanism to be able to see
when a player receives their first blow, so
that that player can be held from going back
into the game.

rapid succession, such as within the course

of one game, the outcome can be
catastrophic, with brain swelling and death.
(pg 1)

NFL leaders have not been quick to endorse I am not one of those people that is against
the idea that employment as a player is a risk the NFL because I love football, but I do

factor for chronic brain disease. (pg 1)

believe that they need to make some sort of

precautionary measure just to show that they
are trying to work towards something.
Since I am going to do my inquiry project on
Concussion in Football leading to Dementia, I
figured that this was a good article to start off
with.