Members of the New York Police Department’s football team will be getting so-called “bumpers,” or protective padding on their helmets, to safeguard them against brain trauma, the New York Daily News said Monday.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-footballers-protective-helmet-add-ons-article-1.1284774
The padding is called Shockstrip, and it is placed on the outside of football helmets. It only costs about $50 per helmet to install, but its inventor, Dr. Steven Novicky, claims it cuts the impact of helmet-to-helmet contact by 41 percent, the News reported.
The general manager of the NYPD’s semipro team, Narcotics Det. Anthony Hernandez, told the News that that National Football League should take a page from the NYPD’s book and put the cushioning on its helmets.
Some high school football teams are already using the new technology, and boast that they didn’t feel a thing when they crashed helmet-to-helmet with an opposing player, according to the News.
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