Football Helmets Cause CTE

[Bible_Belt]

I have thought this for a long time. I don't think CTE existed in the leather helmet days. But players would bleed a lot from noses and forehead cuts, so they looked worse after the game. Today's players are being paid to model apparel. The game exists to market the clothing and merchandise the league peddles as its top money-maker. That's the real reason that we are never going back to leather helmets. It would save players' lives, but they would bleed all over the merchandise. If you owned a clothing company, would you hire a model with a bloody nose? Of course not, that would be bad for business.

The counter-intuitive idea that could drastically reduce football’s concussions

 

[Dust 2 Dust]

Leather helmets aren't the answer. Leather helmets led to an increase in skull fractures and death. The primary reason they went to plastic helmets is because too many players at the high school and college level were getting killed from massive blows to the head. Same thing goes for face masks. Too many kids were getting broken noses and knocked out teeth. Overnight plastic helmets virtually eliminated skull fractures and saved the sport. The problem with plastic helmets is players feel invincible and use their heads as a weapon. I think the future helmet is going to look something like this http://www.amazon.com/Guardian-Protective-Helmet-Cover-EA/dp/B00F0WXREO A soft outer layer with a hard plastic inner layer. It's a cross between a leather helmet and a plastic helmet. Within the next 10-20 years football is going to look a lot different that it does now.

 

[Bible_Belt]

Former Steelers receiver Antwaan Randle El: 'If I could go back, I wouldn't [play football]'

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...I-wouldn-t-play-football/stories/201601190177

“Right now,” he said, “I wouldn’t be surprised if football isn’t around in 20, 25 years.”

 

[Dust 2 Dust]

Football will still be around in 20 years, but I think the game will be radically different from what it is now. I think it's only a matter of time before kickoffs and the 3 point stance are eliminated from the game. Many high schools play a 7 on 7 game where the offensive and defensive lines have been eliminated and every player on the field in an eligible receiver. That version of football relies more on speed and athleticism and there are no 300 pound behemoths on the field.