With all of this new state-of-the-art sporting equipment, we’re made to believe that high school sports have actually been made safer over the years. But, when we hear the chants and cheers; the utter excitement of the local crowd as the pigskin is sent hurtling into the air towards the New Hyde Park Gladiators’ top receiver, it almost makes us, the spectators, forget how hard these teens are really hitting each other.
That is why in 1982, the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research was founded, to use data and research to prevent these catastrophic sports injuries from occurring. Through their research, scientists have developed the modern sporting equipment we use today to try and prevent future injuries in the game. Bigger helmets, new tackling techniques and reinforced penalities are the few of many changes coming to football and sports as a whole.
Too many times do we see players go down with concussions, forcing them to miss crucial time from the sport they love, and possible end their careers prematurely. With the advancements in science and production of equipment, we should see concussions decrease not just in football, but all sports.
With all of the media attention focused on concussions in the National Football League, parents are starting to take notice of the dangers in youth sports.
