No Helmets In Football?!
In football their are a lot of people who have gotten head injuries because of poor tackling. I came across s few articles and came up with an idea of having no helmets in football and just have the players learn how to tackle differently. After hearing that last sentence people may think that I was crazy and begin to think of different ways to lessen the concussion rate in the NFL and also keep helmets on. Having players get rid of their helmet in a sport that is mainly about physical contact on every play is outrageous.
People would argue that if football helmets aren’t actually working the industries that make helmets should find a solution to it by adding more padding. However, having padding doesn’t help the brain from banging against the wall of our skull. It would just protect from head fractures, but it we get rid of the helmets than players would be more cautious of there head on (both sides of the ball). Even now with how much padding they have now it’s very hard for a player to tackle a player without hitting their head on any part of their body at least once in one game and adding no padding can cause the helmet to become bigger and harder for the player to avoid tackling without hitting the helmet of the other player.
Another option, tackling differently but still have to helmets on. That could do the trick but the best way to make a tackle is to have the helmets off because the way they tackle in rugby to lean in with the shoulder and the arm are the first to make contact to the other players body. If someone adds the same football helmets as American football and includes that same kind of rugby tackling it would work as effectively because the football helmet is in the way of the player trying to tackle the opposing player. For instance, If a player leans their head to the side and wraps their arms around the player they’ve almost got the tackle right but the only thing that’s in the way is having the helmet on can cause the defensive player to hit their head against the offensive players body.
Work Cited
Haislop, Tadd. “Football Helmets Are Creating More Problems than They Solve.” Sporting News. Sporting News, 28 May 2015. Web. 20 Nov. 2016.
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