[NU Sports] Brain Damage and Football

[Jim Leonard]

During the Buffalo Bills run in the 1990s one of their linebackers wore a 
special helmet. I thought it was Darryl Talley but I couldn't find proof after 
45 seconds of internet research. As I recall, the helmet had about a half inch 
of foam outside the hard plastic shell that was meant to reduce concussions. 
I've often wondered why all players don't have helmets like that. It may not fix 
the problem, but I don't see how it could hurt.

Go Cats!
Jim



----- Original Message ----
From: "MHRJGScott at aol.com" <MHRJGScott at aol.com>
To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Sent: Wed, June 30, 2010 4:43:29 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] NU's football bang for the buck ...

Telender is running a series in the Sun Times on brain damage to football  
players, he has been talking about John Vorhees the last couple days, 
another  pledge brother of mine along with Telender (Beta 1967)

BTW - anyone catch PTI yesterday?  Wilbon spend some time covering  the
autopsy report on the late Cincinnati Bengal, Chris Henry. The  coroner
discovered that he had a brain injury before the fall that killed  him
yet he had never missed a game in his professional career.  It  raises
the specter that even seemingly healthy football players accumulate  so
many hits to the head that they run the risk of diminished  capacity
later in life.

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