Mental Health

Here's another blog site that I found on the web that focuses their topic about their beliefs in the improvement of public health. The name of the blog is "Health with a Capital H" and one of the posts that I found on their blog discusses about the mental illnesses that can be found in players who play football. The post mentions two NFL players, Ricky Williams and Brandon Marshall, who have such ailments. Ricky Williams, current running back for the Baltimore Ravens, suffers from anxiety disorder, and has been probably before his NFL career started. after mentioning his emotional problems to his coaching staff, the coaches told him to just focus on football. With Brandon Marshall, he was diagnosed with a personality disorder, mouthing off other players more than often. With that said, the NFL is beginning to bring about awareness around the league, and to other football programs, about the health of their athletes by partnering with the Satcher Health Leadership Institute of Morehouse School of Medicine. Other organizations that were mentioned in the post that assists athletes with their physical, as well as their mental health are, Retired Pro Athlete Assistance (RAPP) and P.A.S.T. Retired Athletes Medical Resource Group. There are also many cases where retired athletes have become depressed and even committed suicide. 

Here's the link of the blog that I summarized: http://www.iqsolutions.com/ideas-and-insights/blog/are-you-giant-fan-mental-health-or-patriot

I also found this video on youtube on semi-pro leagues and the dangers of it. This video mentions about the death of a player caused by unregulated equipment and the lack of physical check-ups. I found this video to be shocking because I never thought about how important the maintenance of the equipment was when I played in high school and how it could be the difference between life and death.