I was wondering what was going on. I had never seen so many helmets coming off as this year. And why would you not want to wear it correctly? I hated it when my helmet was loose.Originally Posted by Kermit
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I was wondering what was going on. I had never seen so many helmets coming off as this year. And why would you not want to wear it correctly? I hated it when my helmet was loose.
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Alot of the kids now wear those under armour head liners, They make the helmet slippery on the head. I often wonder with the increase in concussions though that they are not properly fit in their helmets
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Never thought of that.....
Definately makes sense, though.
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That doesn't help but that's not the only reason. They want to wear them loose enough so they can pull their helmets off with one hand or without unsnapping the chin strap. If it's fitted properly you can't do that. Even with the skull caps your helmet should not have helmets popping off. With this rule change I doubt you'll see too many instances of helmets popping off.
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Agree. Plus we may see a few less concussions if helmets are worn correctly. I would compare it to wearing a seatbelt with no shoulder belt
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I don't get the touchback change. A few years ago I thought they were trying to encourage more run backs to make the game more exciting.
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They are encouraging less, to make the game more safe. It will just take more finesse on the kickers part.
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Regarding the helmet rule. What if there is some hands to the face stuff that the refs miss and a helmet comes off, the rule punishes the wrong guy. Probably wouldn't be an issue with a properly fitted helmet.
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Correct. It will make getting those fouls correct more important. If a helmet is fitted properly though it should take a pretty obvious face mask penalty for the helmet to come off.
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I've belly ached about this before but..............Indy, what is your opinion about aggressive stiff arms to the facemask by an offensive player. Seems like a double standard. When a defender even inadvertantly grabs the facemask it's 15 yards and an automatic 1st down. Most stiff arms to the face/facemask by ball carriers are much more violent, yet it is legal. When this happens, the defenders helmet is often pushed or even "punched" into distortion or ripped off. In your years of officiating meetings, has this ever been considered as a potential rule change to punish an offensive player, given that it may cause a higher risk of injury.
Through the years, the Bison running backs have befefitted from the stiffarm (most recently Roehl and Paschall moreso than McNorton and Ojuri), but I just don't like the double standard.
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