savannahfan
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Hopefully, this will generate some useful data for those working on this issue.
The sad thing is you can get CTE without ever having a concussion just through the little pops of everyday contact over and over. This is true of any contact sport, though, and not exclusive to football. "Professional' wrestlers who engage in tightly choreographed fake fights are getting this.
Though the hard shell helmet will keep you from cracking your skull and limits very dangerous conditions stemming from that sort of trauma (like cerebral hematoma), it won't do a thing to help with your brain sliding inside its case like a bunch of loosely packed Vienna sausages.
That is an engineering problem which may or may not be fixable by materials engineers.
Also, most helmet engineers are not Neurobiologists, so that is why they are focused on the shell and not how the force is affecting the brain. It would be like someone designing a car crash mitigation system without understanding how forces directly affect the passengers.
What your post implies is that we may see the end of football and other contact sports. Can't wait to be excited watching the college tiddle winks championship.