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The National Football League introduced Guardian Caps to training campy successful 2022 successful an effort to little concussions during nan summertime practices.
Well, nan results person apparently been truthful bully that nan NFL will now let players to wear them during nan season.
"We’ve sewage 2 years of information now showing important concussion reductions successful those players that deterioration Guardian Caps successful nan NFL," NFL's main aesculapian offer, Dr. Allen Sills said successful a webinar earlier this month. "We mightiness really spot a Guardian Cap connected a subordinate successful a crippled this year."
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A position of nan Guardian Cap worn by Roger Carter Jr., #49 of nan Los Angeles Rams, during training campy astatine University of California Irvine connected July 29, 2022, successful Irvine, California. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
"It’s really go a norm here. The players cognize nan Caps. They’ve seen nan data, it works. The Guardian Caps person go different portion of instrumentality that they return to practice. You deliberation astir each nan caput impacts that we’re reducing from players wearing them, and it’s 2nd quality now," added Brendan Burger, instrumentality head of nan Los Angeles Rams.
The headdress was invented successful 2011, and since it was introduced successful nan NFL 2 years ago, concussions person gone down successful training campy by much than 50% from nan mean of nan 2018, 2019, and 2021 seasons.
A position of Cleveland Browns helmets pinch Guardian Caps during Cleveland Browns training campy astatine CrossCountry Mortgage Campus connected July 30, 2022, successful Berea, Ohio. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images)
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The NFL states that if some players progressive successful helmet-to-helmet interaction are wearing nan cap, nan unit of nan effect is lowered by astatine slightest 20% and 10% if 1 subordinate is wearing it.
The convention besides reported that Guardian Caps worn during training campy practices successful 2023 helped nan convention recognize a seven-year debased successful training-camp concussions.
Chris Lindstrom, #63 of nan Atlanta Falcons, stands pinch a Guardian protective headdress connected his helmet during a training campy believe connected July 27, 2022, successful Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)
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"We are proud to beryllium a portion of improving outcomes for players and grateful to nan NFL for their finance successful subordinate safety. While we are proud of our existent products and their capacity connected nan field, we will proceed to iterate nan Guardian Cap to connection improved capacity and aesthetics for nan future," said Erin Hanson, Founder and CEO of Guardian Innovations.
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