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I support wearing these enormous helmet covers and would do the same
Posted on 9/5/26 at 5:38 pm
Posted on 9/5/26 at 5:38 pm
if I played considering CTE.
But no matter how well I played, I would not trash talk anyone when wearing one. That looks ridiculous. Especially if you weigh like 180 pounds.
But no matter how well I played, I would not trash talk anyone when wearing one. That looks ridiculous. Especially if you weigh like 180 pounds.
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Posted on 9/5/26 at 5:39 pm to koreandawg
I think any sort of padding loads up energy and can cause your brain to bounce worse in your skull....
Posted on 9/5/26 at 5:58 pm to lewis and herschel
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I think any sort of padding loads up energy and can cause your brain to bounce worse in your skull....
No, it absorbs, dissipates, and converts kinetic energy into structural deformation and heat so it never reaches your brain.
Posted on 9/5/26 at 5:59 pm to koreandawg
They’re so fricking goofy looking. I giggle every time I see one.
Posted on 9/5/26 at 6:00 pm to LewDawg
That's goofy is drooling and forgetting your life after football
Posted on 9/5/26 at 6:20 pm to Philzilla2k
You have contradicted yourself. it absorbs, it sure does, but it dissipates it back into the helmet and skull
It's why astro turf caused so many concussions. the padding makes it worse.
It's why astro turf caused so many concussions. the padding makes it worse.
Posted on 9/5/26 at 6:27 pm to koreandawg
I admit to giggling like a little schoolgirl when I see this 
Posted on 9/5/26 at 6:28 pm to koreandawg
Don't worry - your brain is safe
Posted on 9/5/26 at 6:28 pm to lewis and herschel
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think any sort of padding loads up energy and can cause your brain to bounce worse in your skull....
I'm sure the medical staffs of each program agree you based on your superior credentials and expertise.
Posted on 9/5/26 at 6:29 pm to JohnnyU
Id wear an extra big one for laughs
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Posted on 9/5/26 at 6:32 pm to koreandawg
It carries the same problem as the other helmets. The better you make the helmet, the more comfortable you make players slamming their heads into other players. No helmet can protect against inertia and sudden stops or changes in direction
The best possible helmet would be one that protects your skull completely...but makes you feel every hit to the head in an extra uncomfortable way
The best possible helmet would be one that protects your skull completely...but makes you feel every hit to the head in an extra uncomfortable way
This post was edited on 9/5/26 at 6:35 pm
Posted on 9/5/26 at 6:34 pm to JohnnyU
Same people said CTE wasn't real....
Posted on 9/5/26 at 6:51 pm to koreandawg
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these enormous helmet covers
Imagine wrapping an egg in several inches of bubble wrap, then throwing it down on the ground as hard as you can.
What do you think happens to the yolk inside the shell?
Posted on 9/5/26 at 6:53 pm to koreandawg
If they're really serious about stopping CTE, not to mention all helmet to helmet contact, take the face masks off the helmets.
Posted on 9/5/26 at 6:56 pm to koreandawg
They look goofy but a kid on the hs team wears on b/c he’s had multiple concussions. That case is sad.
Posted on 9/5/26 at 7:00 pm to Jobu93
To me it's the same as wearing boxing gloves... most mma guys will tell you they prefer fighting with mma gloves over the big padded ones....
There just isn't a safe way to collide with people or the ground....
There just isn't a safe way to collide with people or the ground....
Posted on 9/5/26 at 7:06 pm to Philzilla2k
Makes you wonder if ablative helmets are viable. Kind of like cars, they're designed to crumple.
Posted on 9/5/26 at 7:08 pm to koreandawg
I like them. They make them look like the Great Gazoo from the Flintstones.
Posted on 9/5/26 at 7:28 pm to koreandawg
Probably fricked me up, had a shitload of concussions
Posted on 9/5/26 at 7:32 pm to koreandawg
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I support wearing these enormous helmet covers and would do the same
There have been studies done and the results are that they do no better in game situations than regular shells do at preventing CTE.
Also, they are so bulbous and unwieldy it seems it could easily lead to a player twisting his neck, perhaps breaking it, much easier in a pile or with players landing on it.
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