Essays on American Football

A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury which results from a bump blow or jolt to either the head or body causing the brain to move rapidly in the skull. A concussion affects normal brain function and can have severe and long-term health effects...

Recently, warnings about the risks of concussions in football have come from retired players, coaches, medical professionals, the media and active veterans. The public seems to take even the new studies on the long terms risks of concussions with a grain of salt. Concussions have...

When the NFL became successful African Americans were not allowed to participate, but that was soon to change as they now dominate the football league. As the NFL grew more popular in the United States, the National Football League decided it would be better to...

Ray Rice: Sincere or Not? Ray Rice, a former well-known American football player, did the unthinkable to his then fiancée. In February of 2014, he physically assaulted her on an elevator and the entire thing was caught on camera. Several videos quickly surfaced, showing the...

Stephen Gostkowski is a renowned American football placekicker who shot to prominence after he was drafted by the New England Patriots (NEP) in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Over 12 years and counting, Gostkowski has proved and showed football lovers that he...

Walter Payton was the one of the greatest NFL football players of all time. He was born July 25 1954 in Columbia Mississippi. When he was he was a kid he was in boy scouts, little league, and active in his local church. When he...

#1 One of the competencies in Kluckholn’s model is the nature of people. In the world of American football, the evil outweighs the good. Recently, there have been studies examining concussions in the NFL. A notable neuropathologist, Bennet Omalum, discovered the consequential damages, such as...

JORDY NELSON A credible figure in NFL, an athlete, basketballer, footballer, an American Football Wide Receiver who is an elite as confirmed by Sports analysts, won lot of awards based on his versatile attitude towards football. His name is Jordy Ray Nelson. BIOGRAPHY Nelson was...

American football has been around for a very long time, But now football seems to be disappearing. Some schools don’t have a football program anymore and it’s frustrating. Not only is it frustrating for coaches that use up there time to run a team and...

An NFL star born with inherent football genes, Andrew Luck began making waves in the sport right from his high school days. Despite suffering from a spate of health challenges in the course of his impressive career, Luck has proven that he is an outstanding...

The book The Blind Side by Michael Lewis is a book about whose life started with tragedy and ended up having a great turn of events in his life. Michael Oher a homeless black teen, has drifted in and out of the school system for...

The term “politically correct” is becoming more prevalent than ever. Due to this, many organizations are under fire including the NFL. The NFL has been receiving backlash from activists, with demonstrators protesting ethnic mascots. This includes the controversial mascot of the team, the Washington Redskins....

People who have come together to help each other, creates a good society. A good society has laws to direct behaviour and guide people on what emotions are appropriate. Even in a good society though, there can often be some conflicts. This has led to...

Sports are played all over the world. They are played as careers, hobbies, at the collegiate level, or purely as part of an exercise routine. Most sports have gained in popularity due to mass media coverage around the world. There are over 8000 sports in...

When it comes to earning touch downs and breaking records as far as American football is concerned, one of the names that ring very loud is the Chargers Number 17 shirt, Philip Rivers. The multi-record breaking quarterback has broken more records than most American footballers...

Walter Jerry Payton was born on July 25,1954, in Columbia, Mississippi. Walter Payton grew up in Mississippi with his family. He was one of three siblings, two boys and one girl, the children of Peter and Alyne Payton. In his younger years, Payton was never...

Ryan Tannehill’s hopes were high when he joined the NFL world in 2012. Like him, many couldn’t wait to have him prove his worth in the league following his impressive high school career which saw a handful of universities calling to have him join their...

After reading the two articles on the conflict between whether the Washington Redskin’s should change their name, and after reading Chris Hoenig’s and Christopher Gasper’s opinions and thoughts on the matter, I feel they shouldn’t change their name. The coach of this football team assures...

Coming off a devastating touchdown reversal against his team on Sunday night, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin predicts intense offseason discussion over the NFL’s catch rule. Tomlin, who’s on the league’s competition committee, saw officials overturn tight end Jesse James 10-yard touchdown catch against the New...

Over the past decade, money has taken over the sports world. What it seems like is that the main concern of every player in professional sports is how much money they make. This concern is leading to nomadic players that go to whichever team will...

“ Odell Cornelious Beckham Jr. (born November 5, 1992) is an American Football wide receiver for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Beckham played college football at nearby Louisiana State University (LSU), and was drafted by...

Should the Washington Redskins Change Their Name? I feel the Washington Redskins need to change their name because if anything can offend people, that should be stopped. In this case, Native Americans are the ones being targeted by the slur. In both the article by...

No Need For Change: An Analysis of Ian Crouch’s Argument to Convince in “Redskins Forever?” In his article “Redskins Forever?” Ian Crouch uses several techniques to successfully argue that the Washington Redskins should not be forced to change their nickname. This article was written for...