[Husker] Pinkel Asks Beebe to Look at Osborne Hit

[Aaron Wolfson]

Here is an article<https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/sports/football/21helmets.html?_r=1>from
the New York Times, which has been all over this topic. My
understanding of it is that the NFL (and lower levels who follow their
example) only require that helmets withstand the most powerful blows (the
kind that could fracture a skull), and do not monitor helmet performance
against smaller, more frequent, hits that are now understood to be just as
dangerous. Therefore, helmets *could* be safer, the technology exists, but
it has not been widely adopted. That's modern bureaucracy for you.

Aaron


On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Lawson, Scott R. <SLawson at uamail.albany.edu
> wrote:

> The folks on 'Inside the NFL' on Showtime were talking about it the other
> night, I can't remember if it was Simms or Collinsworth who mentioned it.
> Perhaps I should have put that as a disclaimer, since I don't know how
> 'expert' their knowledge of the situation really is, but I for one believe
> it.
>
> Scott in NY
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Johnston [mailto:jon.johnston at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 11:00 AM
> To: Lawson, Scott R.
> Cc: 'Mark Landin'; Tony lambert; Mike Jaixen; husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Pinkel Asks Beebe to Look at Osborne Hit
>
> Explain that further, please.
>
> Jon J
>
> On Nov 2, 2010, at 8:50 AM, Lawson, Scott R. wrote:
>
> >  The NFL has access to much safer helmets (and therefore every level
> below it does as well) but chooses not to work with the folks who develop
> the technology because the companies who have it are little and unknown.
> >
> > Scott in NY
>
>
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