After watching the movie of Concussion, which was cast by Will Smith, a famous actor in the United States, I wonder how there are too many business in the Sports enterprise. As sports are one of the most important entertainment for the people, sports create lots of job opportunities for the people. Unlike the Hong Kong government that it hasn't put more of resources in the sports enterprise, the United States has developed many big businesses that are related to the major sports events. The United States put a lot of resources on sports, and in the United States there are many sports events and competitions, such as National Basketball Association and National Football League, has created a lot of job opportunities and lots of revenues during the competitions.
Dr. Bennet Omalu (left) and Will Smith.
From this movie, the story plot was talked about a Nigerian forensic pathologist named Dr. Bennet Omalu, who emigrated to the United States in 1993. He discovered that his research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) brain degeneration suffered by professional football players. It is because during the career of the United States National football players, there has a lot of concussion during the competitions. Though the players would retire after their national football career, their diseases on brain injure would affect them. Dr. Omalu fought against the National Football League trying to suppress his reasearch on CTE suffered by professional football players. However, no one supported him and asked him not to reveal his viewpoint. From the film, as it bases on a real case, I can see about the darkest area in between the rights of national football players and big businesses. I think the media did not report it out is because if more American people know about playing national footballs would get brain damage, then it would make less people to watch and play national footballs. And the media has a lot of businesses with the NFL, other major sports businesses and sponsorship. If the cases and reports released, it would make NFL lost lot of businesses.
From the film, I know that professional players would have illnesses that are related to the sports they played. It is because that there would have injured during the sports. I don't believe that there are sports players who has never got injured during their sports career. The difference is just as serious and whether frequently happened. Professional players would always face injure during their careers. One of the famous example is the United States former professional boxer Muhammad Ali, who was suffered from Parkinson's disease for more than three decades. He was suffered from concussion.
From the English meaning of concussion means a mild traumatic brain injury, that most concussions occur without losing consciousness. As professional players would face injure during their careers, I think concussions cannot be avoided but it must have more safety precautions in different sports. According to Associated Press (2014), concussion can be prevented and managed, including "Wear helmets and other recommended protective equipment; know signs of a concussion; ask whether a child's coaches are trained in concussion prevention and management, and who on the sidelines is responsible for evaluating players after a hit; ask whether players are taught head-safe techniques."
From the English meaning of concussion means a mild traumatic brain injury, that most concussions occur without losing consciousness. As professional players would face injure during their careers, I think concussions cannot be avoided but it must have more safety precautions in different sports. According to Associated Press (2014), concussion can be prevented and managed, including "Wear helmets and other recommended protective equipment; know signs of a concussion; ask whether a child's coaches are trained in concussion prevention and management, and who on the sidelines is responsible for evaluating players after a hit; ask whether players are taught head-safe techniques."
After watching the film, I am appreciated of Will Smith's acting on Dr. Bennet Omalu, also I admire that Dr. Omalu has made great contributions to his country, the United States. Although I am not an American, I find out some of the messages from the film show that you can fulfill you will and thoughts that can help the societies in the United States, and everyone in the United States can contribute and make their American dream. Dr. Omalu is a success story. I think the main message of the film is to tell that if the things are real, you need to use your efforts to tell everyone that you are right, in order to help more people in the societies.
References:
Concussion: Will Smith and Dr. Bennet Omalu Official Interview. (2015). YouTube. Published: 15 December 2015. Retrieved from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w7tcILcHKo
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