There has always been a passion for sports in my life, and I started playing sports when I was 4 and had been watching them ever since I was born. Throughout my life I have either been on the field, watching my sister play a sport, watching either of my parent's teams play since they were both coaches, or watching my dad stand on the sideline of every other game since he is a physical therapist. Throughout that time, I have seen countless injuries and people were always coming and going from my house as my dad gave up weekends or his time away from his own physical therapy clinic to serve those. I have witnessed some of the worst type of injuries, but the worst of them all have been concussions. I have seen over fifteen concussions take place, and watched as some of my friends did not even know which way the sideline was or how to walk in a straight line even with help after being hit. My dad was always one of the first on the field testing players to make sure they were ok, or there to take players to the hospital. I have been on countless runs to the hospital for players, and without exception my dad would explain what had happened and the procedures he took to us. Also with playing sports in high school I have taken a base line concussion test, and know what the tests are like and how they help.  

The sports Medicine: Concussions in sports article talks about the increase in concussions and how the education of concussions is so significant. Safety features such as the helmet and who treats the players are issues that brought up. All of the scales on how bad a concussion is varies, and the return of play should be highly monitored. Having multiple concussions or just severe ones can cause more life threatening diseases. The What's All the Headache: Reform Needed to Cope with the Effects of Concussions in Football article informs its reader of the basics of what a concussion is and the effects it could have. There are several risks involved for all of the different parties taking a hand in the recovery and safety of the athletes. Therefore, different organizations are trying different methods and need to do a better job of protecting everyone. New safety measures could be reached to help reduce concussions. The article Sports-related concussion increases the risk of subsequent injury by about 50% in elite male football created a study to view whether or not players were getting injured at the same rate before and after a concussion. Results showed that having a concussion severely hindered athletes and made them much more prone to injury than those who had not received a concussion.

The Sports Medicine: Concussions in Sports article is extremely concerned with every single athlete. The article feels that to much emphasis is directed toward a small number of sports while the rest are effected just as badly, but people are unaware of the terrible injuries in the rest of the athletic world. The What's All the Headache: Reform Needed to Cope with the Effects of Concussions in Football article cares about the fact that every side of the argument is heard. The article places all of the facts in front of the reader, and then lays out several different options for to help with the prevention and returning part of football. The article Sports-related concussion increases the risk of subsequent injury by about 50% in elite male football is extremely worried about players after they have received one or more concussions. They want to ensure that the players be taken care of and that they are not forgotten about. Sometimes players are overlooked after a certain amount of time or a change in events, but the article pushes that the players be kept on the radar until they have been cleared.

The Sports Medicine: Concussions in Sports article was written in 2011, so the article is relevant since it was written within the past five years. The article was also published by an accredited journal of medicine. Also the authors are all working at highly esteemed universities, and they have several degrees in the medical field. The article What's All the Headache: Reform Needed to Cope with the Effects of Concussions in Football was written in 2010 only 6 years ago The article was published on the law and journal library database which did a scholarly check on the article to ensure its credibility. The author is accredited by were she published her work. The article Sports-related concussion increases the risk of subsequent injury by about 50% in elite male football players was written in 2014 which is only two years old and therefore it is up to date and has relevant information. The article was found on a research database using google scholar. The authors are credited because they are professors at universities.

There is not a specific way to answer the research question, so that means it is arguable. People could argue that the NCAA needs to make stricter regulations, or that teams, or doctors need to be stricter. Everyone agrees that concussions will not completely disappear, but there are ways to prevent those. Different people believe that the NCAA and NFL could add more regulations, while others say that changes have already been made. The different sources add to the knowledge I already had about concussions, and they bring authority to some of my ideas that I had.  I may need to make the research question more specific and narrow it down some.

