One thing that comes goes hand and hand with high-level athletics is injuries. Every year contributing players from across the nation are held out of competition due to serious injuries. Common serious athletic injuries seem vary from sport to sport.
Some popular injuries across the board are concussions, knee ligaments, cartilage tears etc. Other injuries are more sports specific like having “Tommy John” surgery on elbows for baseball players, or torn ACLs in soccer.
The fact of the matter is that college athletics pose a serious threat to the body. Whether it be rowing, football volleyball etc, athletes put themselves at risk for long-term damage later in life.
Cartilage damage and bone chips put people at serious risk for arthritis down the road. Football players and wrestlers in particular suffer a high level on concussions. New rules are being enforced in the NFL that help protect players from helmet to helmet contact. Heavy fines are being given to any violators.
There are skeptics to professional athletics that say that the players get paid too much money to play a “game”. They need to realize that these athletes are putting their health at risk everyday to earn a living. The only difference between the pros and college athletes are that the amateurs are not getting paid to risk their health.
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