This was worn in the superbowl!

Unlike the foam in traditional helmets that only compresses to approx 1/2 the original thickness, the shock absorbers used in Xenith helmets compress completely, allowing the skull and brain to slow down over a greater period of time.

This reduces the impact, and reduces the rebound inside the skull, thereby lowering the risk of concussion.

Xenith helmets also remain the only helmets that perform equally well with low energy impacts as they do with high energy impacts.

The science is now showing us that it’s the cumulative effects of the numerous low energy impacts that are the real long term danger in football.

Improvements to equipment like this, together with improved hitting techniques, and improved rule enforcement will make the game much safer.

The bone-shattering truth is that NFL football is no different from Roman Coliseum days.

It is barbaric. We don’t want this anymore in America.

The current lawsuits filed against the NFL, upon seeing the names, are 5% legit claims and 95% percent ex-players thinking they can get some money.
I notice many former players doing quite fine, but suddenly they seem to be looking for pity.
Regarding schools not playing football, it’s possible. But there’s a real financial incentive to continue playing. The football programs at most major colleges carry the athletic department from a financial standpoint. I doubt they will end that.
What they will do is start outlawing the “WWE” version of blocking and tackling that has been so popular.

Again, it doesn’t matter what kind of helmet is used. The constant knocking of heads and the cumulative effect that follows is the major issue that the league will have to deal with, not just concussions…..

Cumulative head trauma and CTE are not going to go away no matter what happens with the helmets.
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While this is true getting better helmets would not hurt. I was not born back then but I would bet that in the leather helmet no-face mask days defenders did not do take so many headlaunching tackles because that would hurt their own head. They had to wrap up. A return to leather helmets would likely decrease concussions a good bit.

How large a helmet is needed where you can decelerate the brain so that little or no damage occurs? I don’t know if 3 inches is enough. And it must be elastic so it does not deform in use.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_contrecoup_injury

2. Add three inches of some kind of high-tech soft padding around the outside.

Now, absolutely every head-to-head hit has six extra inches of impact-absorbing material that were not there before, absorbing energy instead of the players’ brains.

problem solved.

If memory serves, one of their own Doctors that they employed to do the research years back is the one that started this line of thought and, now, is the giant elephant in the room that everyone — including PFT – continues to ignore.

Cumulative head trauma and CTE are not going to go away no matter what happens with the helmets.

I heard, maybe 2 years ago, that Riddell did come up with a safer helmet but that most players did not want to wear it for some reason. Anyone know about that?

I hate to say it, but the evidence that’s out there isn’t just about the “big hit”. It’s about the inherent nature of the game. That’s not going to change, and I truly fear that the game we all know and love will be a shadow of its former self rather quickly.

Anyone in the medical field that reads the journals knows this. The fact that ProFootballTalk and others keep talking about the “big hit” is a testament to the NFL’s marketing arm.

Go look at pubmed. It’s astonishing what’s coming to light….