No sport in American history has attracted more attention than football. It’s something about the smacking of helmets, the colliding of shoulder pads and the brutality of it. However, it’s also those three things that make football one of the most violent sports in history.

Every year, players go down with injuries ranging from breaks to concussions. Some of these injuries end careers and players are never the same. But with how much their being paid, it doesn’t seem like players care.

They should. The NFL is far too violent and it’s younger generation of fans, many children, who want to take up football as a hobby can become seriously injured in the process.

USA Today reports that over 1.3 million youths a year have serious sports injuries, with 14% of those injuries coming to the head.

A 2010 study by Purdue and Indiana Universities found that up to 67,000 players a year suffer a concussion. The rate of catastrophic injury has dropped since the introduction of the modern helmet, but high school sports injuries are more common. There are around 7 catastrophic head injuries per year in both high school and college sports combined.

Football is a great sport to watch, and it’s entertaining. But sometimes, fans have to turn their heads at the gruesome injuries players receive. Football not only preaches violence, it teaches young kids it’s ok to hurt yourself if you love what you do and you get paid.

This mentality is as dangerous as the sport itself, and it needs to stop.

No sport in American history has attracted more attention than football. It’s something about the smacking of helmets, the colliding of shoulder pads and the brutality of it. However, it’s also those three things that make football one of the most violent sports in history.

Every year, players go down with injuries ranging from breaks to concussions. Some of these injuries end careers and players are never the same. But with how much their being paid, it doesn’t seem like players care.

They should. The NFL is far too violent and it’s younger generation of fans, many children, who want to take up football as a hobby can become seriously injured in the process.

USA Today reports that over 1.3 million youths a year have serious sports injuries, with 14% of those injuries coming to the head.

A 2010 study by Purdue and Indiana Universities found that up to 67,000 players a year suffer a concussion. The rate of catastrophic injury has dropped since the introduction of the modern helmet, but high school sports injuries are more common. There are around 7 catastrophic head injuries per year in both high school and college sports combined.

Football is a great sport to watch, and it’s entertaining. But sometimes, fans have to turn their heads at the gruesome injuries players receive. Football not only preaches violence, it teaches young kids it’s ok to hurt yourself if you love what you do and you get paid.

This mentality is as dangerous as the sport itself, and it needs to stop.