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10 years from now, today's NFL helmets will look like barbaric antiques just like helmets from 1985 look like something out of the Bronze Age.
Imagine something better that will still look good on television. It's sad, but true that professional football helmets are not as safe as they could be today because of looks alone. The NFL could mandate that every player wear a 10 inch cushion surrounding their helmets, but the players would look like a bunch of clowns with Afros on TV.
Ideas please. I've had a few but then again too few to mention.
1. Helmet Gel - some kind of clear, practically invisible thin cap that surrounds a player's helmet, can withstand serious impacts and somehow distribute the energy from the impact to the gel. If a player gets hit hard enough in the head, the helmet gel would instantly blow up in size. If the gel bubble bursts after a direct hit to the head, the player who delivered the blow would get automatically ejected from the game.
Imagine a player's helmet gel bubble getting burst all over the field like a Ron Jeremy money shot, with the player being able to walk off unharmed and his opponent leaving the field with his own ejected burst bubble. I can already hear coaches say, "don't blow your wad on a risky hit! Save your head!"
Whoever said that the NFL is unrelated to life is not living.
Just think of the commentary..."Oh my! What a hit! Wait a minute here. Oh here we go folks, both players helmet gels are blowing up quicker than a bomb in Libya. If Smith's helmet bursts this is going to be huge, an automatic first down and Reed will be ejected from the game...BOOM, there she blows! First down Carolina! Ed Reed is headed for the locker room with a helmet full of ectoplasm!"
2. Face masks need a makeover. It's basically a steel cage that can't absorb any impact to a player's head. How about replacing the face mask with the NFL's version of the digital fence for dogs. Any hand that comes within 4 inches of a player's face would get zapped by an electric face field.
If a player grabs the invisible fence, his hand will get zapped down by technology.
3. One of the two above should be possible. Helmet gel that blows up on impact does not exist, but invisible electric fences do.
Get rid of the face mask and replace it with an electric fence mask. Anyone who touches it will get shocked, and receive a 10 yard penalty.
Imagine something better that will still look good on television. It's sad, but true that professional football helmets are not as safe as they could be today because of looks alone. The NFL could mandate that every player wear a 10 inch cushion surrounding their helmets, but the players would look like a bunch of clowns with Afros on TV.
Ideas please. I've had a few but then again too few to mention.
1. Helmet Gel - some kind of clear, practically invisible thin cap that surrounds a player's helmet, can withstand serious impacts and somehow distribute the energy from the impact to the gel. If a player gets hit hard enough in the head, the helmet gel would instantly blow up in size. If the gel bubble bursts after a direct hit to the head, the player who delivered the blow would get automatically ejected from the game.
Imagine a player's helmet gel bubble getting burst all over the field like a Ron Jeremy money shot, with the player being able to walk off unharmed and his opponent leaving the field with his own ejected burst bubble. I can already hear coaches say, "don't blow your wad on a risky hit! Save your head!"
Whoever said that the NFL is unrelated to life is not living.
Just think of the commentary..."Oh my! What a hit! Wait a minute here. Oh here we go folks, both players helmet gels are blowing up quicker than a bomb in Libya. If Smith's helmet bursts this is going to be huge, an automatic first down and Reed will be ejected from the game...BOOM, there she blows! First down Carolina! Ed Reed is headed for the locker room with a helmet full of ectoplasm!"
2. Face masks need a makeover. It's basically a steel cage that can't absorb any impact to a player's head. How about replacing the face mask with the NFL's version of the digital fence for dogs. Any hand that comes within 4 inches of a player's face would get zapped by an electric face field.
If a player grabs the invisible fence, his hand will get zapped down by technology.
3. One of the two above should be possible. Helmet gel that blows up on impact does not exist, but invisible electric fences do.
Get rid of the face mask and replace it with an electric fence mask. Anyone who touches it will get shocked, and receive a 10 yard penalty.
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