Started By
Message
re: SEC to ask for the worst rule in college football to be reviewed
Posted on 10/23/13 at 7:21 pm to Bama Bird
Posted on 10/23/13 at 7:21 pm to Bama Bird
We've had two of these calls so far. IMO one was justified and the other was borderline at BEST. If it's borderline, why would they toss someone?
Seeing all these lower tackles is just as scary but I guess the concussion phobia is too strong.
Why can't they just develop a helmet that works better?
Seeing all these lower tackles is just as scary but I guess the concussion phobia is too strong.
Why can't they just develop a helmet that works better?
1
Posted on 10/23/13 at 7:37 pm to roadGator
quote:
Why can't they just develop a helmet that works better?
All kinds of reasons. Companies don't have much of an incentive to do so (the NOCSAE has some pretty archaic guidelines) and it's difficult to pinpoint a change that would be uniform to everyone.
MIPS is an interesting concept because it reduces rotational forces (what makes it so hard to build a good helmet) by having basically a "fitted" cap inside the helmet that stays static with the players head while the "helmet" itself will slide/have enough give to keep things from "rotating".
It's interesting stuff, but in the easy way out for the NCAA is to make shitty rules.
Article on the MIPS helmet from Popular Science
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News