DMN Blog: Ware increasing presence in NFLPA

[WoodysGirl]

4:14 PM Tue, Feb 23, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Dallas Cowboys outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware is taking a more active role with the National Fooball League Players Association. Ware is scheduled to participate in the Player Safety & Welfare Summit on Friday in Indianapolis, during the gathering for the NFL combine.

According to the NFLPA, the focus of the forum is to ``generate meaningful discussions between players and representatives within the sports equipment/nutrition industry in hopes of ultimately increasing the overall health and safety of NFL players.'' Ware is among about 20 current and retired players expected to participate.

 

[28 Joker]

Go get'em DWARE.

 

[Eskimo]

Goal #1 should be to try and eliminate the sequelae of multiple concussions - this is a hot topic in hockey right now, too.

 

[burmafrd]

To start with make all helmets SOFT on the exterior to absorb impact.
Have every player custom fit their helmet- with extra energy absorbing filler inside. The new mouthpieces ALWAYS in for every play= and any player with out the chinstrap tightly in place gets a 15 yd penalty.

 

[AbeBeta]

To start with make all helmets SOFT on the exterior to absorb impact.
Have every player custom fit their helmet- with extra energy absorbing filler inside. The new mouthpieces ALWAYS in for every play= and any player with out the chinstrap tightly in place gets a 15 yd penalty.

boy, the technology must be super easy. wonder why no one ever though of this.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

To start with make all helmets SOFT on the exterior to absorb impact.
Have every player custom fit their helmet- with extra energy absorbing filler inside. The new mouthpieces ALWAYS in for every play= and any player with out the chinstrap tightly in place gets a 15 yd penalty.

Unless the whole helmet was soft then wouldn't it make the impact harder?

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Leader on and off the field...

 

[Eskimo]

To start with make all helmets SOFT on the exterior to absorb impact.
Have every player custom fit their helmet- with extra energy absorbing filler inside. The new mouthpieces ALWAYS in for every play= and any player with out the chinstrap tightly in place gets a 15 yd penalty.

The key issue is always deceleration of the intracranial contents and not just dissipation of the blunt force impact. I think it will take lots of work to improve helmet design. At the end of the day the equipment has to be compact and I just don't envision the end design to be one with excessive amounts of soft external padding.

Unfortunately it is an area that has been woefully under-researched. Hopefully this thing starts to get turned around here.