Parents, Teams Scoop Up New Concussion Helmets

Brain injury awareness has risen since the high profile case of Patriots, Ted Johnson and with football season on the brink of commencing, there is a need for safer preventative gear on the field. New football helmets on the market are the hope of football players of all ages. From Pop Warner to NFL players, these helmets are the newest and safest way to play the game.

The helmets are meant to absorb the impact and spread the shock throughout the players head to prevent damage. Manufacturers like Shutt that state that these helmets don’t prevent concussion but absorb most of the trauma.

This news has ten-year-old George Glaropoulos and his eight-year-old brother Christian excited about his upcoming football season. “I get to tackle people” said Christian, and after being taken out of the game last year for a concussion, his family decided to fit both boys for these newer and safer helmets.

Hopefully these helmets will give NFL players, who have purchased them as well as other teams a safer playing experience and a safer football season. The Center for Disease Control and the NFL are teaming up for a campaign to raise awareness about the measures that could be taken to prevent concussions on the field.

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