Blog #1

The question I chose for my senior capstone project is how has technology changed the NFL? . I want my audience to understand how technology, media, and money lead to the advancement of  technology and how that has changed the sport since the first game was played nearly 100 years ago. I came up with this idea because whenever I watch a new age concussion prevention rule in the NFL effect the outcome of a game I get so angry I nearly throw my remote at my TV. I believe that football having a lot of hitting and contact between two teams is what brought this sport to be the greatest in this country, by not allowing players to play the game how it was originally played is a disgrace to all the veterans that stepped onto what is now fawcett field in Canton Ohio. I also believe that if players are willing to make millions of dollars instantly by signing there name on a contract there body's should be put to work on the field, and I assure you I'm not the only one who thinks this way. If the NFL wants to prevent concussions they should make better equipment not change how the game is played. This rant that I have wrote many English papers on and have done my research on as well as gained first hand experience as a football player is what caused me to choose this as my senior capstone topic. This is just what led me to my topic I am going to focus on technology as a whole, not just regaurding concussions. I will focus on the advancement of the field, the equipment, the changing of the rules, social media etc.