Publication Date
Spring 4-18-2020
School
College of Arts and Sciences
Major
Mathematics
Keywords
Sports, Head Trauma, Insurance
Disciplines
Applied Statistics | Probability | Statistical Theory | Vital and Health Statistics
Recommended Citation
Cooler, Zachary, "Personal Foul: How Head Trauma and the Insurance Industry Are Threatening Sports" (2020). Senior Honors Theses. 952.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/honors/952
Abstract
This thesis will investigate the growing problem of head trauma in contact sports like football, hockey, and soccer through medical studies, implications to the insurance industry, and ongoing litigation. The thesis will investigate medical studies that are finding more evidence to support the claim that contact sports players are more likely to receive head trauma symptoms such as memory loss, mood swings, and even Lou Gehrig’s disease in extreme cases. The thesis will also demonstrate that these medical symptoms and monetary losses from medical claims are convincing insurance companies to withdraw insurance coverage for sports leagues, which they are justifying through mathematics. Finally, the thesis will explore the ongoing litigation against sports leagues for alleged negligence against their players and their failure to communicate the sports’ dangers to their players
Included in
Applied Statistics Commons, Probability Commons, Statistical Theory Commons, Vital and Health Statistics Commons
