Robert Jacobs observes:
 
> It's funny how much custom, tradition, and just plain ol' momentum
> push us along with our thoughts and actions. Who here is an advocate
> for bringing back the leather helmet for the NCAA/NFL? I mean, it *has*
> to be more comfortable, and helmet-to-helmet contact doesn't occur
> *that* often anyway.
 
This is a good point, since there is, or was recently, a problem with
football players (at the college and pro and probably other levels)
tackling with the crowns of their helmets, thereby inflicting nasty
spearing hits on the opposition and more serious neck injuries on
themselves.  As far as I know, no serious suggestions were made to
remedy the problem by getting rid of helmets.
 
                                          John Whelan, Cornell '91
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