Riddell SpeedFlex helmet to reduce concussions

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Burger said:
More moving parts. Moving parts wear quicker because they move. What's going to happen to the flex after hundreds of hits? It's going to degrade as it keeps flexing.

It's like old vs. New cars. Old cars are more reliable because they don't have as many electronics. The more simple, the less likely it brakes.
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Don't they use new helmets for every game?
 
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SamRebel35 said:
Honestly, the less painful it becomes to smash your head into something, the easier it will be to get a concussion. The emphasis needs to be on not smashing your head into things that will give you a concussion rather than chasing the impossible feat of being able to smash your head repeatedly without worry.
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Yep, take away the face masks, use helmets similar to hockey to absorb inadvertent impacts, but put the focus on the helmet being protective rather than a weapon.
 
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The UT twitter account tweeted a picture of hurd during practice and he is wearing one of these new helmets.
 
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YorkVol said:
Yep, take away the face masks, use helmets similar to hockey to absorb inadvertent impacts, but put the focus on the helmet being protective rather than a weapon.
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That's an issue in hockey as well, the advancement in pad effectiveness is leading to more full throttle hitting, which whips the head and therefore you get brains smacking the inside of the skull. Basically it doesn't hurt to absolutely plaster someone like it used to.
 
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SamRebel35 said:
Honestly, the less painful it becomes to smash your head into something, the easier it will be to get a concussion. The emphasis needs to be on not smashing your head into things that will give you a concussion rather than chasing the impossible feat of being able to smash your head repeatedly without worry.
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There is no such thing as contact football without heads being smashed into things. Either we eliminate the sport, which will never happen, or we keep driving towards better equipment techoogy
 
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Toujours Pret said:
That's an issue in hockey as well, the advancement in pad effectiveness is leading to more full throttle hitting, which whips the head and therefore you get brains smacking the inside of the skull. Basically it doesn't hurt to absolutely plaster someone like it used to.
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Im not sure what people expect from contact sport anymore. I understand doing your best to take safety precaution, but this idea of total safety in any contact sport is a fantasy. Does anyone here follow boxing? People dont usually care about punchy boxers because, well, they should now what they signed up for, right?

At what point do we say to football players.. you do realize this is a contact sport and brain injury is a possibility?

Seems like if slapping a surgeon general's warning on a pack of cigarettes is good enough to say "we told you so" .. educating young adults on the risk of their professions ought to be sufficient. Ask anyone who's spent a few years in commercial construction about dangers on the job site. They understand.. and the weigh the risk vs reward. That paycheck speaks for itself and you do what you gotta do.

Again, its great we keep putting money into safety equipment technology and doing the best to protect your players.. but in the words of Hyman Roth from The Godfather II, "This is the business we have chosen".
 
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Watch a NHL game from 1990 and one from today and compare the energy of the hitting. Dressing guys like jousting knights has created more high intensity contact, therefore more instances of brains getting shaken.
 
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Toujours Pret said:
Watch a NHL game from 1990 and one from today and compare the energy of the hitting. Dressing guys like jousting knights has created more high intensity contact, therefore more instances of brains getting shaken.
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The same could be said of football. That's what our new Arkansas friend isn't getting. We aren't saying take contact out of football, just the intense, bone crushing style.
 
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football should be played like tackle football in the front yard. Shoulders, arms and wrap up. The missile junk has been out of control for a long time. One of the problems I already see though are penalties when guys do just use a shoulder. WR ducks his head to brace for contact, ducks it right into the shoulder that was about to hit his chest, and db gets kicked out of the game.
 
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volfanbill said:
The same could be said of football. That's what our new Arkansas friend isn't getting. We aren't saying take contact out of football, just the intense, bone crushing style.
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Honestly I was not even considering the prospect of removing pads or lowering pad quality. That sort of thing, no matter how logical some may consider it, is unrealistic and will never happen. The only thing the league, players, doctors, and mad moms against big hits will consider is improved pad quality and the advancement of football equipment technology.

With that being said, I imagine we are headed for several years of obnoxious rules and officiating until (or if) equipment reaches the point that it can reasonably protect players from the majority of serious injury.

I do understand the dynamics of cerebral contusions and I have no idea what sort of equipment could reasonably protect players from these sort of injuries.. however I do have faith that a supplier with virtually unlimited resources will do their best to meet an ever growing demand for such a product.
 
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Back in the mid 70's we were supplied with a gel filled helmet. Not sure what the gel was, but it failed miserably. It gets cold in North Dakota and many of our games were played in sub-zero weather and those damn helmets froze solid. two cents.
 
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