Dylan Sinclair

Class: 2-2:50
Leslie Drake
2/8/2017
Research Proposal

1. Which type of professional athlete out of Baseball, Basketball, and Football is most

impacted by their sport post career?

2. Which type of professional athlete out of Baseball, Basketball, and Football is most

physically impacted by their sport post career? I plan to consider many different aspects

of athletes post-career. For example the life expectancy of the athletes compared to the

other. I will try to find charts and data that give a detailed life expectancy of each

professional athlete. Then I could look into how injuries such as concussions affect them

and their mental state. This will involve looking into research done on concussions within

all the three sports I have previously mentioned. After that is said I could dig a little

deeper looking into athletes who did not have problems during their career but are having

problems now. An example of this could be a baseball player having a great career then

having to have knee surgery because he was a catcher and always squatted. I could also

look at a basketball player and how his knees were affected in the sport. When I am able

to gather enough information and conclude which athletes are most physically impacted I

will wrap my paper up with that. The information should be clear enough to make a

successful conclusion on which one is the worst/best for physical impact. My goal is to

try and inform my reader on the impact of professional sports while also putting each one

on a scale and ranking them from the worst physical impact to the best. This will

hopefully show the readers the toll that professional athletes take to their health.
3. Outline

Question: Which type of professional athlete out of Baseball, Basketball, and Football is most

impacted by their sport post career?

 Dylan Sinclair
Class: 2-2:50
Leslie Drake
2/8/2017
I. All sports cost athletes when it comes to their health
A. Discuss the effects on athletes after playing Baseball, Basketball, and Football and

find whats worse.

B. I will find the affects and decide which one is the worse to the best
C. Life expectancy, Problems they face now, and Injuries during the sport and affect now
II. Life expectancy
A. Charts of how long each athlete lives
B. Research of why they live that long
III. Problems athletes face now
A. Injuries they did not have but do now
B. The problems their mental state has possibly suffered
C. Limited physical activity they have because of problems that have emerged
IV. Injuries during sport and affect on them now
A. Athletes that suffered injuries from sport
a. Concussions
b. Muscle tears
c. Broken Bones
B. Surgerys they have had because of those injurys
V. Conclusion
A. The ranking of the most impacted athletes based on their sports. This could go any

way from Baseball being the worst to the last or Football or Basketball. Informing the

readers of the impact professional sports have on athletes.

4. Timeline

Date Completed
February 8 Topic Proposal
February 13 Establish and research first 3 sources:
February 23 Establish and research next 3 sources:
March 5 Establish and research next 3 sources:
March 12 Establish and research next 3 sources:
March 18 Complete introduction
March 24 Complete first 2 subheadings:
March 31 Complete next 2 subheadings:
April 6 Complete conclusion and abstract
April 9 Turn in 1st draft
April 11 Write peer review and receiver own peer

review
April 11-21 Write final draft
April 21 Turn in final paper
Dylan Sinclair
Class: 2-2:50
Leslie Drake
2/8/2017