Plastic helmets and face masks made football safer and more dangerous, leading to players wearing neck rolls and Cowboy Collars.
Great read!
Anything to stave off CTE, I guess.
I'm glad you enjoyed it and that it brought back memories.
It works both ways. Riddell spent lots of money on helmet R&D and ended up with excellent returns. MacGregor invested in Absorblo for helmets in the 1950s. When that didn't work out well on helmets, they applied the material to all their other pads.
Great read!
Anything to stave off CTE, I guess.
I'm glad you enjoyed it and that it brought back memories.
It works both ways. Riddell spent lots of money on helmet R&D and ended up with excellent returns. MacGregor invested in Absorblo for helmets in the 1950s. When that didn't work out well on helmets, they applied the material to all their other pads.