Safeguarding NFL Players

Question: Write an essay on the Role of Government in Safeguarding the Health of NFL Players? Answer: Greenhow, A. (2011). Concussion policies of the National Football League: Revisiting the'Sport Administrator's Charter'and the role of the Australian Football League and National Rugby League in concussion management This article was published in Sports Law Journal in 2011. In this paper the authors showed that the litigation of the United States are failing to protect the players of National Football League (NFL). This scenario indicates the inefficiency of the government of the United States and raising different questions about the responsibilities of the government in order to protect the football players of National Football League from fatal injuries and their health related problems after their football career is over. The researcher in this paper compared the NFLs alleged failure with the litigation like Big Tobacco. The aim of this research was to find out if the government of the United States has the responsibility of the NFL players health related issues or not. In this article, the author reviewed the concussion management policies of the AFL (Australian Football League) and NRL (National Rugby League) as well. Heard, K. (2013). The Impact of Preemption in the NFL Concussion Litigation.University of Miami Law Review,68(1) This journal was published in Social Science Research Network (SSRN) in 2013. In recent years, it is found that the rate of concussion is rapidly increased among the NFL (National Football League) players. The researcher showed that there are 81 lawsuits filed against the NFL (National Football League) regarding the concussion. However, in 2013 the NFL (National Football League) and the former players came to a mutual settlements, where it was defined that the NFL (National Football League) will bear $765 million for the benefits of the players as well as paying compensation for the research, litigation cost for them. In this context the government of the United States helped to implement the law and press the NFL (National Football League) to provide their compensation wherever needed. Cottler, L. B., Abdallah, A. B., Cummings, S. M., Barr, J., Banks, R., Forchheimer, R. (2011). Injury, pain, and prescription opioid use among former National Football League (NFL) players.Drug and alcohol dependence,116(1), 188-194 This paper was published in Science Direct in 2011. The background of this work is injury faced by the football players in the NFL (National Football League). The researchers used telephone survey of NFL (National Football League) players (644, retired). From the survey it was found by the researcher that most of the NFL (National Football League) players, who were misused during the football career in NFL are mostly misused now compared with the other NFGL players. In addition, it is found that more NFL (National Football League) pain is associated with the current misuse such as heavy drinking and concussions. Most of the retired NFL (National Football League) players are thus misusing opoid and the government have no control on the current situation. Bennett, D. (2012). Harm reduction and NFL drug policy.Journal of Sport Social Issues, 0193723512458929 This paper was published in the journal of Sports and Social Issues in 2013. This article is aimed to find out the policies used by the NFL (National Football League) in order to reduce harm of the illicit psychoactive drugs. The policies used by the NFL (National Football League) to reinforce the penalizing tradition of the drug policies used by the government of the United States. The drug policies are focused on the testing of drugs and they require self-restraint from using illegal drugs. In this context it is found that NFL punishes the players who used illegal drugs by suspending them from the employment as well as cut off from their payment. In addition, the NFL as well as the government needs to implement few steps to control the harm reduction of the players. In this paper, the author analyzed three different cases of player suspension from a perspective of harm reduction. The paper addresses the procedure to reduce harm among the NFL players. Green, M. (2014). Tackling the NFL: An analysis of the role of the government in workplace safety This article was published in Duke University Libraries (DUL) in 2014. In this paper the researcher was aimed to analyze the role of the federal government in the context of reducing the concussion crisis in the NFL (National Football League). In this context, the privet sector industries were intervened by the government to improve the health and safety of the NFL players. In addition, the researcher found that the government previously intervened in several issues regarding the sports industry. However, there was no significant impact on the concussion legislation. The researcher stated three case studies, which were on the other industries it is found that the NFL (National Football League) concussion crisis is prompted government intervention. However, it is indicated by the researcher that football is considered as a unique industry therefore the health related issues or the concussions in this field is still not intervened by the government thoroughly.