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  • Bdubb
    In Bill we trust
    • Dec 2011
    • 1014
    #1

    Concussion proof helmets

    Hey whats up guys long time viewer of the forums, my first post.

    The question popped into my head while watching a Division 1 high school game briefly on TV thats at Gillette Stadium. I have been a big football fan my whole life. It just grinds my gears as to why a good ammount NFL players still use the old stanard style helmets. It's pratically mandatory for College and High School, why not the NFL?

    I don't understand why an NFL player would want to use a stanard one. When I was a senior in High School back in 2008 my school finally started getting the Revolution ones, and man there was a huge difference. They were like wearing a pillow on your head they were really that comfortable. I just don't understand why NFL players choose not to use something that can prevent concussions better then the old style ones.
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    • Watson
      Burrow Club
      • Jul 2008
      • 27013
      #2
      Re: Concussion proof helmets

      It's all about the padding, not so much the helmet style
      And may thy spirit live in us, Forever LSU

      @AdamdotH

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        • av7
          Hall Of Fame
          • Dec 2007
          • 11408
          #3
          Re: Concussion proof helmets

          Same thing in motorcross helmets. Not every helmet is equal in fit. I could wear certain helmets while they were too tight on my friends temples where his were too loose for certain parts of my head.

          And theres no such thing as concussion proof.
          Aaron
          Moderator

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            • mestevo
              Gooney Goo Goo
              • Apr 2010
              • 19556
              #4
              Re: Concussion proof helmets

              Originally posted by av7
              And theres no such thing as concussion proof.
              This. Vick, Eli Manning and someone else are testing a new helmet this year... and Vick has had a concussion.

              If it were this easy they would have been mandatory already.

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                • Bdubb
                  In Bill we trust
                  • Dec 2011
                  • 1014
                  #5
                  Re: Concussion proof helmets

                  Originally posted by av7
                  Same thing in motorcross helmets. Not every helmet is equal in fit. I could wear certain helmets while they were too tight on my friends temples where his were too loose for certain parts of my head.

                  And theres no such thing as concussion proof.
                  Yeah resistant was the word I was looking for.

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                    • shnuskis
                      MVP
                      • Aug 2008
                      • 1172
                      #6
                      Re: Concussion proof helmets

                      A concussion proof helmet would be soft outside as well. It wouldn't look as good on television, but if they really wanted head injuries gone, they would add padding outside the hard shell.
                      When rookie Randall Cobb was told by this U.S. Marine that he was a big fan of the wide receiver, Cobb said, “I think I’m a bigger fan of yours.”

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                        • Broncos86
                          Orange and Blue!
                          • May 2009
                          • 5505
                          #7
                          Re: Concussion proof helmets

                          You can go the Steve Wallace route and wear a helmet in a helmet.

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                            • snowfish
                              Rookie
                              • Oct 2010
                              • 132
                              #8
                              Re: Concussion proof helmets

                              it's weird that we hear about concussions so much more in the nfl than nhl when the game/speed of hockey seems to have so much more velocity.

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                                • ImTellinTim
                                  YNWA
                                  • Sep 2006
                                  • 33028
                                  #9
                                  Re: Concussion proof helmets

                                  Originally posted by snowfish
                                  it's weird that we hear about concussions so much more in the nfl than nhl when the game/speed of hockey seems to have so much more velocity.
                                  There is just as much, if not more discussion among hockey fans as there is in the NFL. The difference is that the NHL is a niche sport that ESPN doesn't care to cover.

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                                    • snowfish
                                      Rookie
                                      • Oct 2010
                                      • 132
                                      #10
                                      Re: Concussion proof helmets

                                      i see. thanks for pointing that out.

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                                        • Broncos86
                                          Orange and Blue!
                                          • May 2009
                                          • 5505
                                          #11
                                          Re: Concussion proof helmets

                                          Guys like Sidney Crosby are dealing with post-concussion symptoms. Peter Mueller is dealing with it in big ways. The league is very serious about hits to the head, and they're trying to crack down.

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                                            • wwharton
                                              *ll St*r
                                              • Aug 2002
                                              • 26949
                                              #12
                                              Re: Concussion proof helmets

                                              Originally posted by Broncos86
                                              Guys like Sidney Crosby are dealing with post-concussion symptoms. Peter Mueller is dealing with it in big ways. The league is very serious about hits to the head, and they're trying to crack down.
                                              Yeah, I think things will begin to snowball after what one of the faces of the sport, Crosby, is going through.

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                                                • Cardot
                                                  I'm not on InstantFace.
                                                  • Feb 2003
                                                  • 6164
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: Concussion proof helmets

                                                  Originally posted by av7
                                                  And theres no such thing as concussion proof.
                                                  Just wait until the league introduces these:

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