Insurance companies suing the NFL are looking to force the disclosure of information from NFL-affiliated doctors for potential evidence of the NFL’s prior knowledge of concussion risks. According to a report from L.A. Biz Journal, the insurance companies are seeking information from four former doctors and one current doctor. The insurers are exploring the possibility of […]
Football equipment manufacturer Riddell is making custom-fitted helmets for players in hopes of improving vision and protection. Its Precision-Fit technology scans the size and surface of an athlete’s head and converts the data into a 3D model. “You eliminate that lag, so to speak, when a player moves his head. You don’t have the helmet […]
The National Football League’s concussion management is again under a microscope after the 2016-2017 season. Even though the concussion protocol was improved prior to the start of this season, its failures have been glaring since the season kicked off. NFL Concussion Protocol: A Background A concussion protocol was first introduced in 2009 by the NFL’s […]
The NFL announced yesterday that it plans to spend another $100 million on concussion research and the development of new technology, including potentially safer helmets. The announcement comes four months after a congressional investigation concluded that the league improperly influenced a major government research study on football and brain disease. It also comes less than […]
Mobile Virtual Player (MVP) is a motorized and self-righting mobile tackling dummy, which was developed at Dartmouth College. Now it is making its NFL debut with the Pittsburgh Steelers. We covered the MVP last October, during Dartmouth’s eventual run towards a share of the 2015 Ivy League Title. Dartmouth and their head coach, Buddy Teevens, were ahead of the curve in […]
