re: Players parents should sue the officials who have forced the use of face shields

Why not equip the helmets like a sandblasting hood? Surely the technology is available to have a non bulky supplied air underneath.

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Show me the study.

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Nation of South Korea
Look at their hospitalizations and deaths

Sample size 53 million mask wearing culture

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listen to the players, idiot.

Headline from USA Today's 'For the WIN' -

LSU football player on COVID face shield: 'I can't F'n breathe under this thing

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I dont get the name calling on message boards. It seems unnecessarily rude on a topic where reasonable minds can differ.

I can see how having a shield on makes it hotter and harder to breathe. Covid makes it hard to breathe for some too. Some players want the shields. Some are threatening not to play without even more safety precautions.

I wish it were as simple as letting the players choose but the shields are not just to protect the player wearing them, but the other players as well.

If a young man told me he wants to play football, isn't worried about the virus at his age and doesn't want to wear a shield - I get that. If a young man told me he was afraid of catching the virus for the fear of his health or passing it to vulnerable family members - I get that.

I think those in charge of young athletes have to err on the side of health and I think the risk of spreading covid probably outweighs the slight risk of some increased chance of heat stroke.

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Buckeye Jeaux

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Was hoping that once Joe Burrow left so would you.

Case studies of three patients, 74, 80 and 64 years old, whose demise appears to have been facilitated by either other drugs in the system, chronic lifetime alcoholism or other risk facts (diabetes, etc.) .
The relevance to face shields for 19 yr. old football players must be obvious to everyone...

If the players, or parents of players, dont like the shields then don't play. Suing isnt the answer

Society today always resorts to lawsuits when something goes against them. We are a sue happy nation.

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The relevance to face shields for 19 yr. old football players must be obvious to everyone...

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But not to you, clearly.

Heatstroke is serious, can cause permanent brain damage, and sometimes death. This face shield is an untested theory, and LSU fotball is the guinea pig

So, what supplier of plastic shields to you work for?

And just to be clear, I’m not even saying that the shields aren’t, in fact, contributors to lack of oxygen and could potentially help lead to heatstrokes. I have no idea. I also have no idea whether, like another poster suggested, the potentially increased risk is worth whatever the potential rewards regarding COVID protection may be. I’m merely saying you smugly citing a completely irrelevant study like it’s some sort of drop-the-mic, /thread, “gotcha” is chicken-shite nonsense.

Man these posts are getting stupider and stupider.....