Read this excerpt from "Heads Up on Sports Safety."
Before modern helmets, in 1904, the Chicago Tribune
reported 18 football deaths and 159 serious injuries-
in that one year alone. Because the game was lawless
and lacking in safety equipment, football was a brutal,
deadly sport.
Why does the author include a report from the Chicago
Tribune?
It is an opinion piece that shows how times have
changed.
It is an additional resource that provides historical
facts.
It is a supporting argument about safety from a
different author.
It is an argument against the author's idea that
football was dangerous.