The main idea of this article, written by the National Athletic Trainers Association, is to inform the reader of the incidence of catastophic head injuries in a variety of high school and and college sports. The author's purpose was rather simple to pick up, because I found no persuasion techniques to counter my thoughts.
The author's viewpoint is that head injuries, especially in high school and college football, can cause permanent damage, and sometimes be fatal. For instance, n the 3rd paragraph, the author states, "High school football has produced the greatest number of football head-related deaths. From 1984 through 1999, 69 football head-related injuries resulted in permanent disablity." The author is pretty biased, for the only evidence is he has, is evidence leaning towards the "foorball is bad don't play football" side. I also couldn't find any conflicting evidence, and considering this is a scholorly source, I was pretty surprised by that.
Until the end of the article, I was stumped, because I couldn't find the source. But in the end I finallly find that it's source is The National Athletic Trainers Association. So overall, I would rely on this source because it is a scholorly source, and it has MOST information needed, giving me the thumbs up for this article.
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