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Concussion Study: NFL Players To Donate Their Brains

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Take Note, RG III (from same quote link above):

Doctors demanded immediate surgery. Taylor said absolutely not, that he wanted to call his wife and his agent and the famed Dr. James Andrews for a second opinion. Andrews also recommended surgery, and fast.

Taylor said, fine, he?d fly out in owner Daniel Snyder?s private jet in the morning. Andrews said that was fine but that he?d have to cut off Taylor?s leg upon arrival. Taylor thought he was joking. Andrews wasn?t. Compartment syndrome. Muscle bleeds into the cavity, causing nerve damage. Two more hours, and Taylor would have had one fewer leg. Fans later sent him supportive notes about their own compartment syndrome, many of them in wheelchairs.

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"Would I do it all again? I would," Taylor says. "If I had to sleep on the steps standing up for 15 years, I would do it."
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Then, they whine to the NFL for giving them pennies on the dollar when they retire. We all make a conscious decision that we all have to live with, and they have to understand that they are no different.
 
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The safest helmet in football is set to make its NFL debut next season

The Vicis Zero1 marks a significant change from current helmet designs

Player safety is one of the biggest issues facing football at all levels right now.

The NFL obviously has the most high-profile bout with figuring out a way to make the game safer for players, and the league may be on the verge of making a drastic shift thanks to new helmets. According to Inc.com, 25 NFL teams purchased the new ZERO1 helmet from the Seattle-based startup company Vicis and will distribute them in practices this spring.

The ZERO1 "features a pliable outer layer and an impact-absorbing core layer that cushions the wearer's head against violent collisions -- all, for the most part, while maintaining the look and shape of a classic helmet."
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Entire article: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/t...all-is-set-to-make-its-nfl-debut-next-season/

The 'inside out' football helmet that crumples: Radical design that could reduce brain trauma
  • Inside-out helmet has soft outer layer and hard inner shell to protect head
  • The soft layer deforms with impact, like car bumper, and regains shape
  • Design aims to make helmets safer while maintaining the traditional look

An ‘inside-out,’ helmet could be the answer to football’s concussion epidemic.

Zero1, a prototype by Seattle startup, Vicis, channels the protective techniques of a car bumper by deforming slightly upon impact, and then regaining its shape.

Unlike standard helmets, the design is soft on the outside and hard on the inside to slow impact before it gets to the head.

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Entire article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...mples-Radical-design-reduce-brain-trauma.html
 
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NFL approves helmet to reduce QB concussions

The first quarterback-specific helmet designed to help reduce concussions has been approved for use by the NFL and NFLPA.
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NFL, NFLPA approve helmet designed to reduce QB concussions​

The first quarterback-specific helmet designed to help reduce concussions has been approved for use by the NFL and NFLPA, The Associated Press has learned.

The helmet, manufactured by Vicis, reduces severity of helmet-to-ground impacts, which league data says account for approximately half of quarterback concussions, including the one suffered by Miami's Tua Tagovailoa last season when his head slammed violently against the turf during a Thursday night game against Cincinnati.

"We've now analyzed with our engineers and with the players' association more than a thousand concussions on field, we have a pretty good database of how these injuries occur," NFL executive Jeff Miller told the AP about the helmet-to-ground impacts. "This helmet performs better in laboratory testing than any helmets we have ever seen for those sorts of impacts."

The helmet performed 7% better than the most popular helmet worn by quarterbacks last season, the league said in a memo sent to team executives Thursday.

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Quarterback-specific helmet to be available during 2023 NFL season

For the first time, a helmet specifically designed to better protect quarterbacks will be available, NFL Network senior national columnist Judy Battista reports.
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Quarterback-specific helmet to be available during 2023 NFL season​

A new helmet, designed specifically to offer greater protection when a quarterback's head hits the ground, will be available for the first time to NFL players this season.

The helmet, made by VICIS, is the first designed especially for quarterbacks and it comes just months after the end of the 2022 season, which saw the number of diagnosed concussions rise by 18% league-wide, with much of the rise attributed to a spike in concussions suffered by quarterbacks.

The Zero2 Matrix QB helmet has already undergone lab testing that simulated concussion-causing impacts sustained by quarterbacks, the league told teams in a memo.
 
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