The Guardian Cap/ Much needed head protection/ Cleat design change

[Punching Bag]

On 2/27/2023 at 5:36 PM, ControllerOfPlanetX said:

No…The Great Gazoo was first..

 

 

Have you seen him without the helmet? 

He has an afro which would make some of the NFL players jealous.

[Punching Bag]

On 2/27/2023 at 8:14 PM, Mango said:

It should start by being mandated by municipal leagues and pop warner teams. Also local school districts. 
 

Also college ball. 
 

At that point you’ll have a whole generation of kids who don’t know different. 
 

If it makes parents feel better about the game there’s likely a case (selling point) to be made that they can absorb the cost by increased membership dues. 

 

Part of the reason for development of new helmets is the cost of materials and construction is so much higher hence profit is much higher.

 

NFL teams can absorb costs and many high end college teams but certainly not most high schools and none of the pop warner teams.

[The Frankish Reich]

I'm just about old enough to remember the following:

- Gerry Cheevers as the Bruins goalie, wearing an old style "Jason" facemask that he illustrated with a sharpie to show the stitches he avoided by wearing this new invention

- Red Sox catcher Bob Montgomery going up to the plate wearing a ball cap instead of a helmet - the last of the old players grandfathered in when MLB started requiring helmets. And later a few players like John Olerud (who'd been hit in the head) wearing a helmet with a chin flap and everyone saying it looked stupid. And now every MLB player wearing one.

- Charlie Krueger, Niners DL wearing the old style Johnny Unitas single bar facemask instead of the new "birdcage" mask that all the young linemen who wanted to keep their teeth (those wusses!) were now wearing

- tons of NHL players refusing to wear helmets, saying the league could never ever require them, and then after helmets were required Don Cherry saying that players who wore visors were soft

 

And yet all those crazy, stupid-looking, uncool safety innovations took hold, often far faster than anyone thought was possible. So will this.

[Mango]

30 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

 

Part of the reason for development of new helmets is the cost of materials and construction is so much higher hence profit is much higher.

 

NFL teams can absorb costs and many high end college teams but certainly not most high schools and none of the pop warner teams.

They aren’t cheap, but they’re not wild either. The two current versions are $70 and $125 for the NFL version. 
 

I would be shocked if leagues, schools, etc. couldn’t get a portion of that back through reduced insurance.