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helmets, do they really protect?

While I agree that helmets will aid in (and I say aid because it wont prevent) lessening the chance of concussions, it will not prevent the exact reason for this discussion, catastrophic injuries. Helmets will not do anything for paralysis and or death in our sport. These occur from injuries to the spine, which a helmet does not protect. As football proves, even a 3 to 5 lb. hard plastic covering over your noggin wont completely prevent the possibility of a concussion. Now, if the addition of a piece of safty equiptment will make a dramatic impact on our sports safty (which can only be determined by scienticic research) then I am all for it. The problem is that from my standpoint it adds to the elitism of our sport. It is already far

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