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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 310666" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>I think this could be a matter of unintentional consequences. </p><p>What if the helmets become better? I'm reminded of the Exon Valdez disaster. After that, they put radar on all the big ships – not just oil tankers – to detect other ships and bring down the number of collisions. Result = more collisions. The systems failed all the time and the people on watch quit, you know, watching because they thought the radar would warn them in time.</p><p>So we get better helmets. And the refs – because, you know, the helmets will protect the kids from concussions – begin to be less watchful about spearing and head leading tackles. And more kids get concussions. Because there is no more likelihood that we'll be able to design a helmet that stops concussions then there was that we could design a fool-proof radar collision system. Also, if past experience is any judge, the helmets will be heavier and the temptation to use them as weapons – "We can't hurt anybody!" – will be impossible to resist.</p><p>I'm for better helmets. But unless we tell people that they can't let up on how players use them, I'm betting that it will lead to just as much trouble as we have today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 310666, member: 265"] I think this could be a matter of unintentional consequences. What if the helmets become better? I'm reminded of the Exon Valdez disaster. After that, they put radar on all the big ships – not just oil tankers – to detect other ships and bring down the number of collisions. Result = more collisions. The systems failed all the time and the people on watch quit, you know, watching because they thought the radar would warn them in time. So we get better helmets. And the refs – because, you know, the helmets will protect the kids from concussions – begin to be less watchful about spearing and head leading tackles. And more kids get concussions. Because there is no more likelihood that we'll be able to design a helmet that stops concussions then there was that we could design a fool-proof radar collision system. Also, if past experience is any judge, the helmets will be heavier and the temptation to use them as weapons – "We can't hurt anybody!" – will be impossible to resist. I'm for better helmets. But unless we tell people that they can't let up on how players use them, I'm betting that it will lead to just as much trouble as we have today. [/QUOTE]
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