Nfl Concussions Case

The topic for this initial inquiry project will explore concussions in the NFL and how they affect player's lives.

I chose to research NFL concussions, because I am interested in football. Another reason I chose is the news is always talking about how concussions can affect a player's life after he is done playing. So I decided that I would research it and find out if it is all true.

I didn't know much about this topic before I started researching. I knew that some former players had died of concussion related problems. I also knew that the NFL was trying to make the game safer but I didn't Know how they were doing it.

I have had a bunch of questions since starting this project, but I have several that will really help me learn about it. My first question is how many NFL players have died due to accidents that have been caused by a concussion. I think that knowing the number will help me determine if the player's deaths are just natural or concussions related. Another question I have is what the NFL is doing to reduce the chances of a player getting a concussion. If I know what they are doing, like better equipment or something like that I can better understand what was the reason all of the former players had concussions. The final question I have is position has the most concussions. If I can find that answer, I can determine if receiving a concussion has to do with the way a certain position gets hit through out the game or if it is just how the player gets hit for the one play that he receives the concussion.

I have used a lot of resources so far. I have used the internet, some magazines and looked in some books. The only resource that has been any use so far is the internet. The magazines I tried to use talked about concussions, but just talked about the how the NFL is having meetings discussing what to do about the concussion problem, and I already knew that they were doing that so it didn't help me much. Finally the book I used didn't do anything for me at all. It just talked about all of the players that received concussions in a certain season, and how long they set out. The only success I have had with the books and magazines is informing me on some cool stuff about the NFL that I didn't know, but that didn't help me any with the research project. The only real success I have had on this project is the information I have got off the internet. Its all come off of one website. The rest all have a bunch of useless information about fantasy reports for this week and the last hundred weeks. They also talked about how certain players where hurt but it didn't tell how they got hurt. I couldn't find any information to answer my key questions yet, but I'm sure that there is a website, book, or a magazine out there some where that has the information that I need, in it somewhere.