NFL health and safety chairman, a 49er, sees a future without helmets and then reverses course

[kurtfaulk]

Huh?

you inferred that if they play without helmets it would be like flag football.

i was just pointing you to a sport that don't wear helmets and would like you to tell me if it's like flag football.

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[Prime Time]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/06/20/york-reverses-course-on-an-nfl-without-helmets/

York reverses course on an NFL without helmets
Posted by Mike Florio on June 20, 2015

Dr. John York is putting the toothpaste back in the tube by putting the cranium back in the helmet.

Clarifying recent remarks to the BBC indicating that the 49ers co-chair and the chairman of the NFL’s health and safety advisory committee can see a future without helmets, York now says he can’t see a future without helmets.

Here’s the update to the no-helmets story from Matt Maiocco of CSNBayArea.com: “John York told CSNBayArea.com Saturday that he believes the helmet is so ingrained in the tradition of American football that he does not believe that will ever change. He said he told the BBC that there could be some adjustments made to the three-point stance, but he never suggested helmets could be banned from the NFL.”

Per a team spokesman, York claims he didn’t say that he can see a future without helmets. The team also is unsure how the BBC reporter misheard or misunderstood York’s remarks.

 

[Stranger]

man o man are the 49er's in trouble.

 

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you inferred that if they play without helmets it would be like flag football.

i was just pointing you to a sport that don't wear helmets and would like you to tell me if it's like flag football.

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Ohhhh. Okay.

Yeah, Rugby is cool. But they tackle. I was *implying* that pretty soon they'll institute some rules where even that's not allowable.

 

[kurtfaulk]

Ohhhh. Okay.

Yeah, Rugby is cool. But they tackle. I was *implying* that pretty soon they'll institute some rules where even that's not allowable.

Whoops, my mistake.

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[Dodgersrf]

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-helmet-safety-20150409-story.html#page=1

Great article on motorcycle helmet technology, that could be used in other sports.
Talks about having crumple zones.