Sunday's lights-out body count shows NFL needs to change

This article discusses the controversy over headshots in the NFL and their effect on concussions. The NFL has started dealing out significantly stricter penalties to players who hit defenseless players in the head. Many current and former players have been adamantly contesting the new punishments. They argue that, “you don’t aim. You just react.” They believe that it is unfair for them to be penalized for most of these hits, but this articles supports the strong penalties. I think that these penalties are extremely unfair. Defensive players are doing anything they can to prevent the offense from advancing the ball and are very rarely attempting to injure the defenseless players. Many of the hits that were penalized in the week that this article focuses on were cheap and deserved to be penalized, but many of the hits were not. These players can’t change the way they’ve played since they were little kids and incidental head contact is simply a part of the game.

McDonald's must pay Brazilian manager $17.5K for weight gain

This article talks about an employee of McDonald’s won a lawsuit against his employer for $17,500. He sued McDonald’s because in his time working there he gained 65 pounds. He said that he felt forced to sample the food each day to ensure that it was good quality. He also used free employee lunches in his lawsuit. I think that it is ridiculous that he was able to win the lawsuit. Although he may have felt forced to test the food, he was not directly forced to test the food. The free employee lunches should not have played any role in his lawsuit because it was his decision to eat the free lunches. He could have simply brought himself a much healthier lunch, and McDonald’s has healthier options on its menu. His decision to sample the food was a sacrifice he chose to make to help him do his job better. It was not a necessity of his job, and therefore McDonald’s should not be held responsible.

Near-record 236 bodies found at Mexico-Ariz. border in year

This article discusses the large increases in the number of deaths of immigrants trying to cross the border to the USA in recent years. The article blames the increase on border patrol improving its techniques for preventing immigrants from crossing. Because the border patrol has become more effective, immigrants have to take much more difficult routes to the US. I think that it is not right for this many immigrants to be dying, but I also do not think that they should be crossing the border illegally. However, I do not blame the immigrants for this problem. I think that it needs to become easier for them to cross the border, at least on daily work visas. They deserve the right to find work here in the US.