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Bdubb · 12-03-2011, 12:43 PM

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.

Watson · 12-03-2011, 12:51 PM

It's all about the padding, not so much the helmet style

av7 · 12-03-2011, 12:53 PM

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.

mestevo · 12-03-2011, 01:08 PM

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	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.

Bdubb · 12-03-2011, 01:23 PM

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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.

shnuskis · 12-05-2011, 07:06 AM

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.

Broncos86 · 12-05-2011, 10:11 AM

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

snowfish · 12-19-2011, 04:50 PM

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.

12-03-2011, 12:43 PM	#1
Bdubb In Bill we trust OVR: 5 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Central Mass Posts: 1,017	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.

12-03-2011, 12:51 PM	#2
Watson Burrow Club OVR: 49 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: we call it the boot Posts: 27,035	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

12-03-2011, 12:53 PM	#3
av7 Hall Of Fame OVR: 37 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 11,616	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. N51_rob likes this. __________________ Aaron Moderator

12-05-2011, 07:06 AM	#6
shnuskis MVP OVR: 17 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: St. Paul, MN Blog Entries: 3	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.”

12-05-2011, 10:11 AM	#7
Broncos86 Orange and Blue! OVR: 31 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 5,530 Blog Entries: 5	Re: Concussion proof helmets You can go the Steve Wallace route and wear a helmet in a helmet.

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12-19-2011, 04:50 PM	#8
snowfish Rookie OVR: 1 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Bay area	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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