There is a new fabric cap that has wires and sensors that can be plugged into a usb port. When the players helmet takes a hit, you plug the cap into a computer to see a green, yellow, or red indicator to determine if the player should continue the game or be checked out by a doctor before playing again.
Hmm. There are several companies working on various systems to put sensors in helmets. Some cost upward of $1,000. Hope this doesn’t go like the Beta-VCR or the Blu-ray and other format wars where consumers lose a lot of money.
^ If the indicator comes up red, and there is a penalty, either live or upon further review, the hitter should be out of the game for as long as the injured player is out — without salary for the pros.-You would see the game change in a hurry.
Some of the rule changes that went into effect (last year?) like moving the kickofff up, calling a penalty for hitting with the helmet, and automatic review of some plays may have helped some. I think that they can make the game exciting without hauling someone off the field every few minutes.
Mhic Dhu Ghaill: Do any readers have comparative figures on brain injuries in US football versus more open movement games like Canadian football, rugby (at least the scrum starts in contact), Australian rules, etc.?.braindead08: Good in theory, but “the hitter” is just the last in a long series of hitters. It is the cumulative effect that is what does the damage.
Mhic: Simpson is working on the issue indeed, and the g-forces from high speed collisions aren’t any greater, damage wise, than the hits in football.
But, looking at the lesser number of brain injuries in Rugby, soccer, and other “contact” sports, my question has long been, studying the physics and biology/physiology, isn’t it possible that all that “padding” that ENCOURAGES increased impact velocities, and angles of attack, and further injuries. Add in the extreme mass of the players, and agian, physics says F-ma, and the end result is more injuries.
The real tragedy is high school players, and even younger, receiving these injuries during their growth years, and the head injuries are but part of the crippling, life-long injuries received. Orthopedists also see permanent damage, all the time.
rockngolfer about 11 years ago
There is a new fabric cap that has wires and sensors that can be plugged into a usb port. When the players helmet takes a hit, you plug the cap into a computer to see a green, yellow, or red indicator to determine if the player should continue the game or be checked out by a doctor before playing again.
rockngolfer about 11 years ago
Hmm. There are several companies working on various systems to put sensors in helmets. Some cost upward of $1,000. Hope this doesn’t go like the Beta-VCR or the Blu-ray and other format wars where consumers lose a lot of money.
braindead Premium Member about 11 years ago
^ If the indicator comes up red, and there is a penalty, either live or upon further review, the hitter should be out of the game for as long as the injured player is out — without salary for the pros.-You would see the game change in a hurry.
rockngolfer about 11 years ago
Some of the rule changes that went into effect (last year?) like moving the kickofff up, calling a penalty for hitting with the helmet, and automatic review of some plays may have helped some. I think that they can make the game exciting without hauling someone off the field every few minutes.
hippogriff about 11 years ago
Mhic Dhu Ghaill: Do any readers have comparative figures on brain injuries in US football versus more open movement games like Canadian football, rugby (at least the scrum starts in contact), Australian rules, etc.?.braindead08: Good in theory, but “the hitter” is just the last in a long series of hitters. It is the cumulative effect that is what does the damage.
Dtroutma about 11 years ago
Mhic: Simpson is working on the issue indeed, and the g-forces from high speed collisions aren’t any greater, damage wise, than the hits in football.
But, looking at the lesser number of brain injuries in Rugby, soccer, and other “contact” sports, my question has long been, studying the physics and biology/physiology, isn’t it possible that all that “padding” that ENCOURAGES increased impact velocities, and angles of attack, and further injuries. Add in the extreme mass of the players, and agian, physics says F-ma, and the end result is more injuries.
The real tragedy is high school players, and even younger, receiving these injuries during their growth years, and the head injuries are but part of the crippling, life-long injuries received. Orthopedists also see permanent damage, all the time.