Football is probably the most popular sport in America today. Although, it might be the most dangerous sport, too. Over the years concussions has arguable become a major problem and football players are at a very great risk of getting them.

Many people want and are pushing for things to change. In a recent study, they analyzed eleven deceased people who had been competitive football players. Every person had  been reported to have significant brain damage. In response to this recent study,people have come out saying that football teams lack the proper equipment to prevent concussions, but others think that it’s not even something that people should worry about.

Some people consider the concussion problem as “not a big deal.” Dr. Elliot Pellman, a rheumatologist, says “We discuss it on the list of things every time we have a league meeting … We think the issue of knees, of drugs and steroids and drinking is a far greater problem, according to the number of incidents.” NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue adds, “On concussions, I think is one of these pack journalism issues, frankly… There is no increase in concussions, the number is relatively small… The problem is a journalist issue.”

Many parents are outraged by the lack of care that people, especially coaches have for this topic. Debra Kyta enrolled her son in football at the age eleven. Her son had hung himself at the age 25 because he had unbearable head trauma from concussions. “How many lives have to be lost until they started giving a crap…I mean people can argue that it isn’t a big issue but losing a life is as big as it gets…” A current football mom says at Regis Jesuit High School.

After hearing this story, Julie Pettit says, “how can people say that it is not a ‘big deal’ losing a life is as big as it gets.

The current NCAA concussion policy says that a person’s physician may clear them to return back to a sport-although-there are many problems with this. First, a person may lie about their symptoms in hopes to return back to the sport earlier. Secondly, many machines that they use today can not give an official diagnosis. Lastly, they measure a person’s recovery in terms of “well-being” not the recovery of damaged brain structure or functionality.

In hopes to fix this problem, many people are finding different solutions in hopes to solve this issue. For example, in 2014 a young, perspective student created an attachable bag that explodes red liquid on a football player’s face shield when the bag is pushed under a certain pressure–enough force to cause brain damage. People feel the need to keep on coming up with solutions to this problem and people won’t stop until the problem is fixed.