| Football equals concussion. This is an equation that | | | | way of a football player. Michael Collins, one of the |
| keeps players, coaches and parents to be always | | | | authors, extended such caution. Collins further |
| on guard. Whether it is amateurs or professionals, | | | | stressed that players must be fully recovered |
| injuries are incurred by players every season. And | | | | before entering the field after a concussion. There |
| this is not just the bruising or bleeding that is seen | | | | is nothing more vulnerable than a football player |
| on the surface---serious internal injuries are | | | | impaired by a recent injury, to suffer the same |
| present as well. An impact may and will prove | | | | fate for the second time. |
| fatal if delivered with a great deal of force. Having | | | | The Goal |
| hormonal-charged high school students and | | | | The whole purpose of it all is to minimize the |
| egotistical professional football players in the field, | | | | possibility of a concussion. It took the company |
| this is inevitable. Building upon this fact, the leading | | | | more than 4 years before the Riddell Revolution |
| manufacturer of football headgear introduced the | | | | football helmets came to being. This is not a |
| new Riddell Revolution football helmets. | | | | simple project, knowing the intricacies of quality |
| The Study | | | | headgear, Riddell spent much time on the field as |
| The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | | | | well as the laboratory to actually see if the new |
| conducted a 3-year study among high school | | | | design would be at par with the standard of |
| players, which demonstrates a considerable drop | | | | excellence maintained by the company and the |
| on the percentage that concussion will likely to | | | | expectations of the public towards such |
| occur. To be exact, the authors claim that players | | | | equipment. |
| sporting the new Riddell Revolution football | | | | The Sensitive Part |
| helmets were 31% less prone to experience | | | | Most of the field related concussions are brought |
| concussion as weighed against those wearing the | | | | about by contact blows coming from the side of |
| traditional headgear. The study also incorporates | | | | the head; this is one of the findings presented in a |
| the symptoms, severity and the recovery period | | | | study partly sponsored by NFL charities. With |
| of a concussion. This part reflects that no matter | | | | such conclusion, Riddell proceeded to formulate, |
| the helmet type, such variable made no | | | | design and manufacture headgear that will provide |
| difference with regard the healing period of the | | | | further protection in the areas specified in the |
| players. Though such study shows great | | | | study. This gave birth to the structural change |
| development and evaluation on the Riddell | | | | offered in the latest line of Riddell Revolution |
| Revolution football helmets, Riddell Inc. still posts | | | | football helmets. Said alteration represents the |
| the warning that no helmet or headgear can stop | | | | first in virtually 25 years. |
| each and every concussion that comes in the | | | | |
