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Thesis: Kickoffs should be taken out of football because they are…
Thesis: Kickoffs should be taken out of football because they are dangerous.
Injuries in general
Kickoffs are the most dangerous play in football because each team is running at each other with full speed looking to hit one another
Author’s name: Nancy Armour
Title of article: If the NFL axes kickoffs, it'll be long overdue
Author’s name: Terry Hoover
Title of article: Should kickoffs be banned in football?
Injuries are one of the most talked about thing in football because they can ruin peoples lives like Ryan Shazier, who got paralyzed during a game .
Author’s name: Jarrett Bell
Title of article: NFL penalizes head lowering technique
More people will be allowed to play because it is safer.
Young kids are not allowed to play because of the risk of concussions, which is hurting the game.
Author’s name: Santa Barbara High
Title of article: KEEPING YOUNG ATHLETES IN THE SAFETY ZONE
If the game gets safer by taking kickoffs out, parents will see that the game is safer and allow their kids to play football.
Brain injuries and concussions
Less brain disease and life threatening injuries that can ruin someone's life.
Author’s name: RUSHIN, STEVE
Title of article: Brain Traumatic
Author’s name: Joe parello
Title of article: will concussions sack football?
People are having to stop playing the game they love due to head injuries because they are at much higher risk of further damage to their brain
Author’s name: Whitt, Richie
Title of article: SMU Cornerback Derrius Bell, After A Series Of Concussions, Makes The Heads-up Decision To Quit Football
Author’s name: Dennis Dodd
Title of article: Discussions about eliminating kickoffs in college football have begun
Flow of game will be easier and faster between scores.
Kickoffs happen to start the game or after a team scores the ball, but a safer and easier option is available. To just give the team that would be getting kicked the ball to, the ball on their 25 yard line. This would make it safer and faster to play the game
Penalties on kickoffs take a while to sort out and finally call when the play is over
Author’s name: Jarrett Bell
Title of article: NFL must come down hard on Tomlin
Counter argument to the thesis
Rules have been made to make them safer
Authors name: HENRY, MARCUS
Title of article: Eliminate Thursday night football, not the kickoff.
Author’s name: Jerry Zgoda
Title of article: Kill the kickoff? Football may face that one day, but not without a fight
Kickoffs have been in the game ever since it was created
Author’s name: Jeffri Chadiha
Title of article: Should the NFL eliminate kickoffs?
Its helped many players get playing time and show the coachs what they can do
Authors Name: Gary Mihoces
Title of article: Kickoff returns, concussions drop in 2011 after rule changes