On June 12, 2010 a young man was playing a sport he has always loved. He position on the team was a wide receiver. The offense breaks the huddle and they called a play that they have run plenty of times. It was a play that would send the receiver across the middle for

a reception. The Quarterback calls hike and the play is in progress. The wide out ran 7 yards and cut to the middle. The QB fires the ball to him. The wide out catches the ball and before he can protect himself he is hit in the chest. The player falls to the ground and is

unconscious. He was actually more than unconscious, he died right there on the field.

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 1: Hook/attention grabber• short story about a guy who dies on the football field

The football player that i mentioned was my best friend and cousin Lamont Harry

Lundy Jr. I lost one of my closest friends that night. I remember the call from my other best friend. He called me

and said that Lamont had a football accident while playing. At the time i was

located an hour away from where he was playing. I went to pick up my other friend and we drove out there to the

hospital to find out that he was already gone. I think my heart dropped when

the doctor said he had passed. He would have been 29 years old on

October 14 of this year.

Lamont Harry Lundy Jr.

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 2: Hook/attention grabber• Introduce that player as your cousin and tell the story of that night

If We don’t provide our football players with the

proper protective gear and training, there will always be

serious injuries that sometimes will lead to fatal

accidents.

ACL Injuries Concussions

Death (worst Case scenario)

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 3: The Big Idea (pages 78-79)• If We don’t provide our football players with the proper protective gear and training, there will always be serious

injuries that sometimes will lead to fatal accidents.• legs injuries like Adrian Peterson• Concussions

My best friend didn’t know he would die

It could hap

pen to

you!It’s more than a game

Injuries have an affect on familiesLife al

tering

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 4: What’s in it for your audience? Explain why your topic is important or worth discussing.• Show the audience that this is a game but these players are constantly putting their health on the line. We have

to take the players safety more serious than we are.• financial effect for bread winner of the house• disability

That picture says it all. I lost my best friend/cousin to

a fatal football accident. That is my niece and nephew at the burial cite of Lamont

Lundy Jr.

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 5: Why should your audience listen to you? Explain your ethos (personal experience, expertise, and credibility).

• I have been affected by this sport in the worst way possible. I lost my best friend/cousin and i don't want to see that happen to anyone else.

Let’s learn and adjust

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 6: Call to Adventure (pages 38-39)• By learning about my experience, it can help families, coaches and children that do want to play the sport more

equipped and prepared. Safety first!

3 Main Points

•Re-design equipment for better protection

•New Training techniques

•Research into what hits and movements cause certain injuries

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 7: Preview the three main points that will support your big idea• Redesign of equipment can further prevent serious injuries. Teaching new tackling and defensive techniques is

another way to help. More research into what causes these serious injuries can help lower the incident rate.

Let’s design better protective gear!!

New Helmets New Shoulder pads

New leg gear

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 8: Introduce and set up Supporting Point One• New helmets, shoulder pads and leg gear innovation.

Old helmets out and in with the new

The NFL's Head,Neck and Spine committee denied the use of throwback helmets this year due to

safety reason

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 9: Factual or emotional evidence• rate of concussions going down since new helmet redesign. • the new design is more safe

A better shoulder pad could have saved my

best friend

Lamont

Better Equipment

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 10: Factual or emotional evidence• Creating better should pads and chest pads could have helped my cousin. He died from heart attack from the

impact of the hit. •

Let’s Train

Teach the kids young

Teach the pros new techniques

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 11: Introduce and set up Supporting Point Two• Teaching kids how to properly tackle and protect themselves from impact will be a safe guard down the road.

make future football players more aware.•

Football camps and workshops

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 12: Factual or emotional evidence• More football camps and workshops for players old and young. We learn how to succeed in life why not

learn how to play the sport better.

Lamont helping out at a youth football camp

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 13: Factual or emotional evidence• My cousin was actually in a football camp teaching kids how to play the sport the correct way. Prevent

injuries. (pics of Lamont at the camp)

We are not indestructible

Concussions ACL & MCLTears

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 14: Introduce and set up Supporting Point Three• Certain parts of the body are vulnerable. Concussions and legs injuries are the most common.

Some Doctor’s believe some knee injuries can be

prevented by wearing the proper cleats

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 15: Factual or emotional evidence• Doctor Opinions

“It’s important to teach the right fundamentals at the

earliest ages,” Goodell said, standing near midfield on the Centreville turf. “That stays with them throughout their

careers, whether it ends in the NFL or whether it ends in

college or high school. It’s important for what we do on the NFL level to do it right, to have the proper techniques.”

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 16: Factual or emotional evidence• Player/Coaches/official opinions

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 17: Call to Action (pages 42-43)• Encourage everyone to promote football safety to a point that it can no longer be ignored.

Its a game Contact Sport

New Rules

New gear

New Training

Safety FIRST

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 18: Summarize the main points• Why is football safety not as big of an issue like it should be? How can we help change that?

• If we don't provide our football players with the proper protective gear and training, there will always be serious injuries that sometimes will lead to fatal accidents.

• Better equipment• New training techniques• Awareness is key

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 19: Restate big idea• If we don't provide our football players with the proper protective gear and training, there will always be serious

injuries that sometimes will lead to fatal accidents.

Lamont was a true friend and a reliable person. He did so much for other people. His death was so sudden and surprising. He was just playing a sport that he loved since i have known him. When i found out that he had passed, my heart dropped and i dropped to my knees. I felt a piece of me die that day. That week following his death was the hardest week of my life. We did everything we could to show people how much he meant to us. We held a candle light vigil. We had t shirts made. We through a big cookout to get family and friends together. It was a devastating experience and i would hate for anyone else to experience all the emotions i felt that week and even feel today. Football safety needs to be improved.

Sunday, October 13, 13

• Slide 20: Clincher/new bliss (page 44)• Present the emotional side of Lamont's story and how it has impacted my life and how i play sports.