📡 LSU has developed a new helmet to help protect players from COVID-19

[TerryP]

 

[tider79]

SO freakin stupid

 

[mando]

I am sure it is very reliable to repeated impacts.

 

[Elderfalsedemigod]

What happens when you plow into the ground on a natural grass field and those air intakes suck all that crap into those N95 filters?

suddenly the player is wearing a fish bowl on his head with extremely reduced airflow

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Fans aren't that stupid, but they better be prepared with a way to unclog them quickly. Guys will be running off the field (or falling onto it) all over tha place due to clogs.

 

[252BAMA]

 

[TerryP]

Fans aren't that stupid,

No one likes this idea and I'm guessing no one has seen a picture of the helmet as well? Helmets already have vent holes so integrating this seems like a hell of a start.

 

[jlabit]

I'm not sure if this works or not. For the players sake, I hope it does.

 

[XXL TideFan]

Batteries are the real safety issue. What kind? LI could short out and melt or burst into flames

 

[Sid Youngleman]

First Coonasses; then Corndogs; now Airheads.

 

[TerryP]

Batteries are the real safety issue. What kind? LI could short out and melt or burst into flames

We haven't seen a case of that in the NFL who have been using electronic communication systems in helmets for years. The equipment the players wear in practice to measure speed and other things are battery powered.

 

[XXL TideFan]

We haven't seen a case of that in the NFL who have been using electronic communication systems in helmets for years. The equipment the players wear in practice to measure speed and other things are battery powered.

That is good. I must confess that I am inadvertently ignorant of the goings on in the league.

 

[TerryP]

That is good. I must confess that I am inadvertently ignorant of the goings on in the league.

I'm surprised you don't know about this. The technology may be older than you are.

Paul Brown (yes, that Paul Brown,) in the mid-50's, was part of the group of three who invented helmet communication. It was banned for awhile and then the NFL made it a permanent "fixture" in the game in the first half of the 90's.

The players I referred to earlier weren't NFL players; I was talking about Alabama, specifically. I'm guessing you've seen discussion of the Catapult System™ which UA has used for several years to track players.

All of these are battery powered devices used within the game.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Most LI battery fires are from bad engineering and design (the phone and laptop debacles recently) and damage that pierces the battery itself. As long as they take care of the first one the second is going to be almost impossible in most sports.