Peak fashion and safety.
Literally just a rugby scrum cap put on top of helmet…
The helmet and pads aren’t helping shit, they make players believe they’re protected but the damage is from your brain hitting the inside of your skull.
The cap isn’t even used in rugby to prevent concussions, and even have a label that says they’re not meant to prevent concussions. It’s just a little outside padding to keep your ears on and prevent massive goose eggs.
I didn’t realize and was pleasantly surprised to learn that the league is allowing these helmets in-game this year.
I assumed they’d never allow that since the “crunch” is such a big part of the product.
Maybe there’s hope for humanity yet.
Brain injuries are an existential threat to the NFL. They’re going to jump on anything to cut it down as long as it isn’t changing the game or shutting down operations.
Now that they’ve been shown to be covering up brain injury and concussion issues and lack of support for retired players for ages right?
I welcome the addition of ERA to football helmets.
