Injury Research

Dan Pompei. (2017). Inside the NFL’s Secret World of Injuries. Available: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2749101-inside-the-nfls-secret-world-of-injuries. Last accessed 17th March.

This article talks about how players and staff in the world of NFL go about injuries and how they can impact a game without the obvious of that player being hurt such as calling bluffs and trying to hide injuries as best as you can and keep your cards close to your chest.

Michael Gertz. (2016). NFL Injury Rate Analysis. Available: http://www.profootballlogic.com/articles/nfl-injury-rate-analysis/. Last accessed 17th March.

This article has statistics for injuries of every postion in the sport for the 2015 season. The whole article analyses the rate of injuries in the NFL and breaks it down position by position as some have a bigger risk of injury than others.

No name. (2016). Study Finds Evidence of Brain Injury in Living NFL Veterans. Available: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/study-finds-evidence-of-brain-injury-in-living-nfl-veterans/. Last accessed 17th March.

This article is a scientific investigation into the number of brain injuries to retired NFL players. The key talking point of the article is that more than 40% of players tested positive for evidence of brain injury.

Daniella Emanuel. (2017). CTE found in 99% of studied brains from deceased NFL players. Available: https://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/25/health/cte-nfl-players-brains-study/index.html. Last accessed 17th March.

This article talks about the scientific investigation on CTE in deceased NFL players brains, CTE was reported of being found in 99% of the brains tested.

NFL offical. (2017). NFL issues response to CTE research report. Available: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000822159/article/nfl-issues-response-to-cte-research-report. Last accessed 17th March.

This article is a direct response from NFL themselves at the CTE investigations into deceased NFL players brains, the article is a direct statement from the NFL and could be usefull to see if their changes to the sprt are enough or if more should be done.

Andrew Garda. (2012). Tracing the Evolution of Player Safety Throughout NFL History. Available: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1113196-tracing-the-evolution-of-player-safety-throughout-nfl-history. Last accessed 17th March.

This article talks about the changes made to make the NFL a much safer sport from its inception up to 2012 when this article was written. 

No name. (2019). HEALTH & SAFETY RULES CHANGES. Available: https://operations.nfl.com/football-ops/nfl-ops-honoring-the-game/health-safety-rules-changes/. Last accessed 17th March.

This article was made by the NFL themselves so take it with a pinch of salt but the article does in fact list health and safety features that were made to the NFL from 1985-2019, however the article is all about stating facst and it indeed does that and has helped me to compare the changes made with the rates of injuries and the severity of them.

Kevin Clark. (2018). A Brief History of NFL Rule Changes Allegedly Ruining Football. Available: https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2018/3/29/17174936/targeting-rule-change-history-ruining-football-roger-goodell. Last accessed 17th March.

This article talks about how NFL has ruined the sport with rule changes over multiple years. I could use this article to debate how health and safety changes can negatively impact a sport from a fans point of view, could even result in TV ratings dipping and other consequences for the sake of entertainment.

Alex Hoegler. (2020). AP Study Finds That NFL Teams Lost Over $500 Million To Player Injuries This Season. Available: https://www.therichest.com/sports-entertainment/ap-study-nfl-teams-lost-over-500-million-to-player-injuries/. Last accessed 16th April.

Talks aboyt how danegrous the sport it is gives examples of early retirements due to nagging injuries. Talks about the reports that NFL teams ended up paying over $500 million to injured players as apart of their assigned contract. Found this article quite intresting and will use it as a talking point in one of our episodes as that is a very high number to be paying injured people, What does that suggest of the safety of the sport?