Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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The issue I'm researching is the controversy surrounding concussions in sports. The issue surrounding this topic concerns the effects of concussions and whether or not they are a serious enough injury to require missing a game. There is alot of controversy over whether athletes should be allowed back into a game 15 minutes after a concussion or if they should have to wait longer period of time before getting back in the game. I selected this issue because I was interested in concussions after heraing stories about people getting seriously injured because they played with a concussion. My research paper will probably concern the amount of time a player has to wait before returning back to their sport and whether that time should be modified.
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Your topic is pretty interesting because it surround the well being of athletes who come back to sports too early way too often. This is interesting because you see things like this every day, not just concussions, but any other injury. You should also add to your paper the consequences of coming back to early and what that can do to an athlete short term and over the long run.
ReplyDeleteIntersting topic. I've never really thought there were two sides to the argument, since I presumed all athletes wanted their bodies to recover properly, and it wasnt worth risking. But now i can see that both sides to this topic have compelling arguments. You should think about using other injuries, like torn muscles or sprains that make athletes sit out for a legnthy period, too. Even surgeries and recoveries from those have been rushed way too often, in an attempt to get the athlete back on the field.
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