02-08-2016, 08:19 AM
(02-08-2016, 02:59 AM)mallorian69 Wrote: In a sport as violent as football you will never completely eliminate concussions. Yes players in other sports get concussions but football is the only sport where players purposely use their heads as a weapon on a regular basis. Seeing as how the majority of concussions in the NFL are from helmet to helmet hits, getting rid of those types of hits will greatly reduce the number. And the only way to reduce the number of helmet to helmet hits is take away hard shelled helmets.
Football went to hard shell helmets to prevent skull fractures. They are a needed piece of safety equipment. Head injuries don't just come from head to head collisions, players get knees and elbows to the head and leaping players end up on their heads often and there's the impact of the head hitting the ground when a player gets tackled. This helmet is the best of both worlds, soft shell around a hard one.
