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Posted on 8/8/22 at 8:04 am to Tigers4Lyfe
Not saying removing the head weapon and going to no helmet or slighter one would remove all concussions but it could would take the head down spearing aspect out
Posted on 8/8/22 at 8:09 am to Tigers4Lyfe
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Oh, sure, because big men moving real quickly won't accidentally bang their heads into each other.
I was always under the impression that head injuries were less in rugby. I just looked it up. My assumption was wrong. This has been studied and rugby has more head injuries than American football:
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What does the data say?
When it comes to concussions, research conducted by Complete Concussion Management in 2018 revealed that of all sports, men's rugby had the highest rate of concussion for people over the age of 18, with a rate of 3.0 concussions per every 1,000 players per game. Football comes in second with 2.5 concussions per every 1,000 players per game.
For players under the age of 18, rugby was also number one, at 4.18, while football was third at 0.53. As far as injuries in general, a study performed by doctors Nienke W. Willegenburg, James R. Borcher, and Richard Quincy of Ohio State University in 2016 showed that collegiate rugby players suffered injuries at a rate of 15.2 per every 1,000 players per game, while collegiate football players got injured at a rate of 4.9 per every 1,000 players per game.
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Posted on 8/8/22 at 8:14 am to Geauxtigersgeaux12
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It’s just to try and reduce head injuries.
seems like it could be a failed attempt too. The science says "your brain doesn't get used to/acclimated to collisions", but if this doesn't result in more concussions once they come off then I could at least see it resulting in more guys leading with their head since they've been used to the extra pads.
Not a fan of the pillow helmets at all.
Posted on 8/8/22 at 8:21 am to GumboPot
Well crap! Nice use of proof to dispell assumption! LOL
Makes sense in young kids that the rate of concussions is so much lower. There it seems they don't generate enough real force to effect each other through a helmet.
Makes sense in young kids that the rate of concussions is so much lower. There it seems they don't generate enough real force to effect each other through a helmet.
Posted on 8/8/22 at 8:22 am to NEVA LOST
I think you need a padded helmet.
Posted on 8/8/22 at 8:59 am to GumboPot
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Remove the helmets like rugby. Players will naturally protect the skull when there is no padding.
They would have to remove the shoulder pads and thigh pads also.
FWIW, I've had two concussions and the worst one (12 hours amnesia and a hospital visit) was high school football and the other (a common bell ringer) was rugby. I played through the bell ringer for a half, but my captain pulled me at halftime because I did not know where the opposing side (LSU) was from! (We were playing on the Parade Ground.) Too bad, because I had the best half of my rugby life in that one!
Posted on 8/8/22 at 10:46 am to BleedPnG
Riddell does have a new helmet out this season that is a custom fit unit with additional flex spots. The facemask is integrated into the helmet. It's a wild looking design; check out the Riddell Axion helmets.
Posted on 8/8/22 at 3:22 pm to tigahlovah
I may be wrong but I don’t think it really helps. I think it’s just virtue signaling saying hey look at how we are trying to minimize head injuries
Posted on 8/8/22 at 3:32 pm to NEVA LOST
The claim is a 33% reductions in head injuries, which were pretty low to begin with. An added benefit is with a reduction in QB hand injuries, where QBs bang their hands on a helmet following through on a throw. There's no downside to wearing them that I can find.
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