For this research example I looked at an article titled “Mismanaging concussions in intercollegiate Football.” I was interested in this article because the concussions that NFL players experience before they are playing professionally are extremely damaging to the development of their brains. This article uses examples to express the dangers of competing with a concussion, and mismanaging to let athletes compete with a concussion. Athletes are competitive and want to play hard all the time. It is hard for athletes to rest when they are competing for a spot on a team. Additionally, a lot of coaches admire players for going all out. This can lead to several problems. For instance, in the article a player for Eastern Illinois University in 2006 experienced several concussions but was repeatedly cleared to play days after experiencing them. As a result, the player (Adrian Arrington) was forced to drop out of school because he was having memory problems, suffering from depression, and experienced daily migraines. Years later, he mentioned how his coaches mentality was “play hard every day” and that he never stressed the importance of tackling properly and players safety. These examples are seen everywhere now, especially with the development and publicity of CTE. The research question they sought to answer was; does coaching styles effect the health of college football players? This article answers it well and goes into depth about examples of coaches taking the right action to prevent concussions, and coaches taking the wrong action and putting players in higher risk of CTE.
This article used in-depth interviews to find the data. Reports of Acts, behaviors and events was another type of data. Lastly, a data gathering method for this research was public and private records.