Kevin Jackson
378. That’s the amount of players in the NFL that were listed on the leagues injury report after week eight of the season.
That’s 22.3 percent of the amount of players in the league which doesn’t even include the players who had minor injuries throughout the games played. At this current rate of injuries occurring it seems apparent that the size and speed of the league has grown to a level that the human body can’t take.
With all of the recent studies revolving around the NFL and player safety, showing that all the collisions on the field lead to some very damaging / life altering injuries like Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), you would think the league would be looking toward not only bettering equipment and rules to ensure player safety but also looking into the fields of science and medicine for help with player safety.
Instead the league has begun to crack down on the use of medicines that make help players feel better. With the ruling a few weeks ago, the NFL has stated that they will begin to test player for HGH (Human Growth Hormones) and suspend them if it’s found in their system. The problem with this is that through many scientific studies, it show that HGH does nothing more than increase injury prevention and decrease injury recovery time and give athletes no added competitive advantage besides being able the heal from injuries.
This just seems like a backward way of thinking for every stand point in the league. On the players side, it would be very beneficial to be able to take these drugs that prevent some injuries and extend their careers.
On the business side, this would allow for the best player/product out on the field. Throughout this season, we’ve seen the league make a lot of mistakes and mishandle a lot of situations and I think this is their biggest blunder yet.
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