New Rules

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by painekiller

I agree, the helmet alone has not been upgraded in years. How about using the lighter carbon fiber which would lower the whiplash accidents. As for concussion the lighter helmet might help but the padding area would be the area of focus on that.

Never mind the carbon fiber helmet idea. Seems carbon fiber has poor impact strength and makes a poor helmet.

http://www.carbonfiberguru.com/2010/...otbal-helmets/

[Joshua]

Of course, there is also the slightly counterintuitive train of thought that the continued improvement of modern football equipment fosters injuries as well because the players grow increasingly fearless and use their bodies as weapons. If everyone was to put leather helmets back on, I suspect we would see a significant drop in spearing.

Just food for thought on a slow offseason.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Joshua

Of course, there is also the slightly counterintuitive train of thought that the continued improvement of modern football equipment fosters injuries as well because the players grow increasingly fearless and use their bodies as weapons. If everyone was to put leather helmets back on, I suspect we would see a significant drop in spearing.

Just food for thought on a slow offseason.

OK, so much for surrogate posting.

[HPF Bob]

Let them all play nekkid except for a helmet so we know which team the player is on. That would cut down on injuries and likely chase Tebow out of the league..