The Future of Football
The evidence linking football
to permanent brain injury is
clear, and football leagues from the youth to the professional
level are
searching for solutions to make the game safer. The question you
must consider
in this paper is how to solve this problem. Evaluate whether it
can be solved by a technological fix--better helmets--evaluating
critically the arguments of helmet
manufacturers and developers that their helmets are the best
answer. What more difficult kinds of changes are needed? Who has
power to choose a solution?
Articles about the risks of football:
https://www.popsci.com/how-dangerous-is-football-cte
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2645104
https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/public-health/high-school-football-injuries-concussions-research
(Great
source for links to medical research)
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6552a2.htm
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/2/2/16956440/concussion-symptoms-cte-football-nfl-brain-damage-youth
(Good overview of football-related risks to the brain)
http://time.com/4948320/football-brain-damage-consussions-study/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171127091135.htm
(This and the previous two articles deal with studies that show
how youth
football raises additional risks due to the brain not being fully
developed for
teenagers)
https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2016/9/18/12940926/nfl-concussion-protocol-explained
(Great overview of the NFL's concussion protocol)
https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2010/101007NaumanFootball.html
(This and the next four articles were ones that were on your
previous list that
I think would be good to keep)
https://www.sportsmd.com/concussions-head-injuries/chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy-cte-2/
(Very useful medical description of CTE)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/01/31/does-football-have-a-future
Articles about football helmet technology
and
rule-related solutions:
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/sports/football/09helmets.html?ref=headinjuries
(One of the articles from the previous list - Raises good
questions about
technology and safety)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-football-helmet-safety-20170927-story.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170921090313.htm
https://www.momsteam.com/health-safety/football-helmets-reduce-concussion-risk-study-says
https://www.vtmag.vt.edu/winter17/helmet-research.html
(Excellent article that includes historical perspective on helmets
and
concludes that better rules and coaching will reduce head
injuries, and that
helmets are the least important factor)
https://operations.nfl.com/football-ops/nfl-ops-honoring-the-game/health-safety-rules-changes/
(Official list of rules that have changed with the intent of
making the game
safer. Goes back to 1985)
https://www.athleticbusiness.com/athlete-safety/opinion-nine-suggestions-to-make-football-safer.html
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/09/can-technology-make-football-safer
(Perfect article - "Can technology make football safer?")
https://www.livescience.com/54239-how-to-make-football-safer.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2987604/
(Role of equipment in preventing injury)
https://www.popsci.com/helmets-concussions-football#page-2
(Counterargument to helmet technology as a solution)
https://money.cnn.com/2017/09/16/news/companies/vicis-nfl-helmet-concussions-safety/index.html
(Supposedly new helmet design)