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Late in his team’s game against the Green Bay Packers on September 15, Indianapolis Colts tight end Kylen Granson caught a short pass over the middle of the field, charged forward, and lowered his body to brace for contact. The side of his helmet smacked the face mask of linebacker Quay Walker, and the back of it whacked the ground as Walker wrestled him down. Rising to his feet after the 9-yard gain, Granson tossed the football to an official and returned to the line of scrimmage for the next snap.

Aside from it being his first reception of the 2024 National Football League season, this otherwise ordinary play was only noteworthy because of what Granson was wearing at the time of the hit: a 12-ounce, foam-padded, protective helmet covering called a Guardian Cap.

Already mandatory for most positions at all NFL preseason practices, as well as regular-season and postseason practices with contact, these soft shells received another vote of confidence this year when the league greenlit them for optional game use, citing a roughly 50 percent drop in training camp concussions since their official 2022 debut. Through six weeks of action this fall, only 10 NFL players had actually taken the field with one on, according to a league spokesperson. But the decision was easy for Granson, who tried out his gameday Guardian Cap—itself covered by a 1-ounce pinnie with the Colts logo to simulate the design of the helmet underneath—in preseason games before committing to wear it for real.

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 month ago (34 children)

Maybe we should change how the game is played instead of putting helmets on the helmets

[–] sh00g 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah one of the biggest issues is the fact that nobody teaches how to properly "hit" and, equally problematic, how to properly "be hit." Contact sports don't have to be as violent as they are now.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I think rugby does a fantastic job of this. It's a much more controlled violence.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or maybe we should just discourage hits in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Flag football doesn't get as many viewers

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah, well. Guess we'll just have to live with CTE then.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's crazy, but some people are happy getting paid millions to ruin thier body. But, your body your choice and all that, right?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Have you ever wondered why SO MANY football players come from lower-income households? It's a predatory industry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

And that would be true, if the government didn't enable pro sports by granting monopolies, subsidizing stadiums, and allowing the horrifying monetization of advertising and gambling, especially on broadcast media.

You want to run headlong into a brick wall, be my guest, but do it with your own time and money, not mine.

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