Helmets, helmets, helmets

NorCalRef12 · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 24, 2009, 12:27am

Helmet's didn't fit better before, I believe that players adjusted them properly before. I think that players are not wearing the helmets properly. They don't keep the helmet bladders inflated, they wear small jaw pads because it is more comfortable, and they don't have the chin straps tightened.

Robert Goodman · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 24, 2009, 09:44am

Then why did they adjust them properly before?

Welpe · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 24, 2009, 01:23pm

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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Then why did they adjust them properly before?

Because wearing them loose wasn't the cool thing to do. I played not that long ago and I don't remember a player's helmet coming off during play like they do now. Helmets have not changed very much at all from when I stopped playing to today. Most of us just wore them properly.

jaybird · #4 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 24, 2009, 02:16pm

The problem is not that the helmet is not being worn properly, the problem is it is not being sized properly. Players are wearing loose fitting helmets because that's what they see on television. When you see a player effortlessly pull his helmet on or off with one hand, it is not sized to fit.

Jim D. · #5 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 24, 2009, 06:14pm

Part of it is hair styles. Look at Stephen Jackson of the Rams - his helmet routinely flies off. He's got more hair on him than an entire team of players from the 50's.

Robert Goodman · #6 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 24, 2009, 09:07pm

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Originally Posted by Jim D.

Part of it is hair styles. Look at Stephen Jackson of the Rams - his helmet routinely flies off. He's got more hair on him than an entire team of players from the 50's.

Then why didn't helmets fly off like crazy in the 1960s or 1970s?

tpaulikas · #7 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 24, 2009, 11:28pm

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Originally Posted by Jim D.

Part of it is hair styles. Look at Stephen Jackson of the Rams - his helmet routinely flies off. He's got more hair on him than an entire team of players from the 50's.

good point Jim...LOL

refnrev · #8 (**permalink**) Fri Dec 25, 2009, 12:43am

I'm a football fan... not an official.... but I am in three other sports. I think they fly off more because players are much bigger, faster, and stronger, and now are hitting each other a heck of a lot harder than they used to. Just my 2 cents from the stands.

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