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

2. Lamont Harry Lundy Jr.
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.
Sunday, October 13, 13
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Slide 2: Hook/attention grabber
Introduce that player as your cousin and tell the story of that night

3. ACL Injuries
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.
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
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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
•
•

5. 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.
•

6. Let’s learn and adjust
Sunday, October 13, 13
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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!

7. 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
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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.

8. Let’s design better protective gear!!
New Helmets
New leg gear
Sunday, October 13, 13
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Slide 8: Introduce and set up Supporting Point One
New helmets, shoulder pads and leg gear innovation.
New Shoulder pads

9. 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
•

10. Better Equipment
A better shoulder pad
could have saved my
best friend
Lamont
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.
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•

11. Let’s Train
Teach the kids young
Teach the pros new
techniques
Sunday, October 13, 13
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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.

12. Football camps and workshops
Sunday, October 13, 13
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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.

13. Lamont helping out at a
youth football camp
Sunday, October 13, 13
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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)

14. We are not indestructible
Concussions
ACL & MCL
Tears
Sunday, October 13, 13
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Slide 14: Introduce and set up Supporting Point Three
Certain parts of the body are vulnerable. Concussions and legs injuries are the most common.

15. Some Doctor’s believe some
knee injuries can be
prevented by wearing the
proper cleats
Sunday, October 13, 13
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Slide 15: Factual or emotional evidence
Doctor Opinions

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

17. Sunday, October 13, 13
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Slide 17: Call to Action (pages 42-43)
Encourage everyone to promote football safety to a point that it can no longer be ignored.

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Sunday, October 13, 13
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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?

19. • 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
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•
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.

20. 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
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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.