Academic Paper written for an LBST (Health and Quality of Life) Course- 4/07/15
Brianna Joyce
Module #3 Assignment
I believe that all high school students and high school coaches or parents should be required to follow the school’s protocol for treatment of known Traumatic Brain Injuries. Throughout the video “Big Hits, Broken Dreams”, I often found myself relating the topics back to my high school experiences. I also found myself wondering how much more it cost schools to have an athletic trainers and emergency medical staff present on the field as compared to not? Is the risk of more injured players really worth not losing money to pay a salary of athletic trainers? Like stated in the video when discussing the need for athletic trainers, “It is like choosing between new jerseys, a new ice machine, or increasing player safety.” (CNN, 2012) Finally, I found myself wondering why the bill is just now being signed for requirements of a trainer when this problem has been going on for decades? Luckily enough at all of my high school sporting events we had an athletic trainer present and followed protocol, but now I think back to how things would have been different danger wise to all players if we would not have had this resource.
Although some high schools or leagues may feel like they are providing adequate safeness and protection for the players, there is always room for improvement. A pro for requiring high school students to follow schools protocol for treatment of known traumatic brain injuries would be keeping the students safer, more educated, and a less chance of long term dangers or illnesses. Another pro would of requiring each school to follow protocol would be safer recoveries. Making sure each school follows protocol will ensure that players will not suffer from second impact syndrome like players such as Jaquan Waller in the video did. (CNN, 2012) A con that would most likely be present would come from the money side. People would argue adding athletic trainers and protocol to each school would cost too much money and take away from academics or other activities. As stated before and in the video, changes can be made to come up with the money; like not buying new uniforms or cutting back spending money on things that are not necessities. (CNN, 2012) Another con would come from the player’s position. Like seen in the video, players will not want to follow protocol or come out and be checked or be out for a while. They would rather stay in the game and take a risk for the game they love. (CNN, 2012) I advocate the pro position of requiring protocol to be followed because safety and health in sports should be first priority for all coaches, players, parents, and school officials.
People from different background might view this issue with different perspectives. For example, someone with a low economic status is going to wonder where the funding will come for the requirement of following protocol with athletics. Of course it is completely normal to wonder this, because money is a huge stress factor. Also, people from different cultures or social backgrounds may view sports and winning as very important, even more important than recovery or safety. Often you hear of people saying that the injury can wait until after the game or tough it up. I in the other case believe that health and safety come first.
Works Cited
CNN. (2012, January 27). Dr. Sanjay Gupta Presents: Big Hits, Broken Dreams [Video].
Retrieved June 7, 2014, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VH2KjItYXUY
The paper above is one I wrote for an LBST Health and Quality of Life class this semester. The topic of this paper was to write about if I thought coaches, athletes, and athletic trainers should be required to follow protocol when it comes to know traumatic brain injuries. The reason I chose this paper as my wild card is because it helped me learn about formatting guidelines and in text citation. I also chose to stray from the format of a typical five paragraph essay, as you can see, I made it my own by only including three paragraphs to get my point across. Finally, this paper was very formative and helpful when learning how to write a research essay and including my own opinion in it. I wrote my first draft, then received feedback, then revised and turned in for a grade. This process was very similar to the one we followed in our UWRT class. Not to mention, this paper was very important to me, as I had a friend that was involved in a known traumatic brain injury and this is the first paper I received an A+ on in college.
Brianna Joyce
Module #3 Assignment
I believe that all high school students and high school coaches or parents should be required to follow the school’s protocol for treatment of known Traumatic Brain Injuries. Throughout the video “Big Hits, Broken Dreams”, I often found myself relating the topics back to my high school experiences. I also found myself wondering how much more it cost schools to have an athletic trainers and emergency medical staff present on the field as compared to not? Is the risk of more injured players really worth not losing money to pay a salary of athletic trainers? Like stated in the video when discussing the need for athletic trainers, “It is like choosing between new jerseys, a new ice machine, or increasing player safety.” (CNN, 2012) Finally, I found myself wondering why the bill is just now being signed for requirements of a trainer when this problem has been going on for decades? Luckily enough at all of my high school sporting events we had an athletic trainer present and followed protocol, but now I think back to how things would have been different danger wise to all players if we would not have had this resource.
Although some high schools or leagues may feel like they are providing adequate safeness and protection for the players, there is always room for improvement. A pro for requiring high school students to follow schools protocol for treatment of known traumatic brain injuries would be keeping the students safer, more educated, and a less chance of long term dangers or illnesses. Another pro would of requiring each school to follow protocol would be safer recoveries. Making sure each school follows protocol will ensure that players will not suffer from second impact syndrome like players such as Jaquan Waller in the video did. (CNN, 2012) A con that would most likely be present would come from the money side. People would argue adding athletic trainers and protocol to each school would cost too much money and take away from academics or other activities. As stated before and in the video, changes can be made to come up with the money; like not buying new uniforms or cutting back spending money on things that are not necessities. (CNN, 2012) Another con would come from the player’s position. Like seen in the video, players will not want to follow protocol or come out and be checked or be out for a while. They would rather stay in the game and take a risk for the game they love. (CNN, 2012) I advocate the pro position of requiring protocol to be followed because safety and health in sports should be first priority for all coaches, players, parents, and school officials.
People from different background might view this issue with different perspectives. For example, someone with a low economic status is going to wonder where the funding will come for the requirement of following protocol with athletics. Of course it is completely normal to wonder this, because money is a huge stress factor. Also, people from different cultures or social backgrounds may view sports and winning as very important, even more important than recovery or safety. Often you hear of people saying that the injury can wait until after the game or tough it up. I in the other case believe that health and safety come first.
Works Cited
CNN. (2012, January 27). Dr. Sanjay Gupta Presents: Big Hits, Broken Dreams [Video].
Retrieved June 7, 2014, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VH2KjItYXUY
The paper above is one I wrote for an LBST Health and Quality of Life class this semester. The topic of this paper was to write about if I thought coaches, athletes, and athletic trainers should be required to follow protocol when it comes to know traumatic brain injuries. The reason I chose this paper as my wild card is because it helped me learn about formatting guidelines and in text citation. I also chose to stray from the format of a typical five paragraph essay, as you can see, I made it my own by only including three paragraphs to get my point across. Finally, this paper was very formative and helpful when learning how to write a research essay and including my own opinion in it. I wrote my first draft, then received feedback, then revised and turned in for a grade. This process was very similar to the one we followed in our UWRT class. Not to mention, this paper was very important to me, as I had a friend that was involved in a known traumatic brain injury and this is the first paper I received an A+ on in college.