Interesting. I was wondering if/when players would start wearing these in games and not just in practice. Probably be a thing in college before too long.
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NFL to Allow Guardian Caps in Games
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I mean if it is really a 50% reduction with only a subset why not? Also why not everyone?
Because it looks terrible. Thats not me being cynical, thats just the actual reason they won't require them. They are aughable to look at and the NFL doesn't want that to be the image of the game, and they are understandably image obsessed.
I think players should be allowed to wear Brian robinson's giant caps over their helmets in games.
One thing I never thought about is that they reduce injuries to QB's when they hit their hands on helmets following through on passes.
Back in the day, Don Beebe wore something kind of similar.
Back in the day, Don Beebe wore something kind of similar.
Former N.Y. Giants lineman Korey Cunningham found dead at 28
Police in Clifton, N.J., said they responded to Cunningham’s home Thursday afternoon after a family member reported not hearing from him.
Here’s an article about a former NFL player who died yesterday. He was only 28. Another article said he took his own life.
He was a native of Montevallo and originally signed with Auburn but wound up at Cincinnati. He played in the NFL for five years and now he is dead. He was 28.
I don’t know what was up in his life or if he had CTE or if the helmet would have helped him. But it couldn’t have hurt. My son is 25 and is thriving in his career. This young man is dead. He was 28.
Guardian is based over here in Atlanta and in addition to the caps, they have a couple other really innovative products out there. They know their stuff from a product engineering and material science standpoint so I'm not really surprised at the results. There's some great materials out there that still need to get more broadly incorporated into sports equipment. Some smaller companies have started to, but the big providers are still behind.
This kind of thing looks a bit silly, but then everyone starts wearing it and then people without it look silly. Same thing happened in baseball and even in cricket. I love football, but I wouldnt wish CTE on anyone, and if this helps, I'm all for it.
My first reaction reading the title.....why would they allow their players to wear an MLB cap on the sidelines.
Then I realized...oh....the big extra padding helmet.
Then I realized...oh....the big extra padding helmet.
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That’s Steve Tasker. Played safety. The Bills were my team as a kid. Seems like there was another player who wore one too. A DL maybe. At any rate, you’re right this isnt new
Did you forget blue font? If not, those are absolutely terrible reasons with all the legal issues around CTE and the NFL.
No, its legitimately why they won't ever make them mandatory. Unless they can ever streamline the look somehow.
If it wasn't for that they'd be wearing them at every level in game.
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some of these are not quite as bulky as the ones we see players wearing in practice.There was a guy I think named Tom Waddle who played WR/KR for the Bears many years ago and seemed like he got knocked unconscious every other game. He could have used the guardian.
Same here. I had no idea what they were called until I saw the article.
They do look goofy, but if it makes the game safer, so be it.
They can put the team logo on there to make them more appealing. I bet they can make it happen. I’m glad the players have this option now.
And I'd bet if they start getting more widely used in games, that guardian will start to produce color matches along with the potential for logos, etc. Hopefully these start to become required and/or the helmet manufactures start to do some real work to improve how their stuff works.
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