Nerd of the Year Award

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First Nerd to Wear Guardian Helmet

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Lunchbox said:
It may have been, but I'd bet the Tony Conigliaro beaning in 1967 had as much to do with with the timing as anything.
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Also agreed, but Chapman's death was cited as the biggest reason for the mandatory change, along with Mickey Cochrane's near-fatal and career-ending injury - Cochrane himself gave a statement saying that players should "absolutely have to wear protective headgear" - for the change. It didn't hold until much later, unfortunately; Ford Frick tried his best to make it mandatory, but it didn't stick.

But back to this subject: the new helmet could make Weird Al's "White and Nerdy" look like a fucking alpha jock, and I'd still prefer it over a player dying on the field or shortly after. Reputations can be lost or earned and kept; lives are absolutely irreplaceable.
 
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snackdaddy said:
Guardian helmets? Pfffft! This all they need.

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@Loyal ~ Hey I wear this on the toilet while I read the news
 
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hotanez said:
I think the helmets look goofy but who cares, if it helps players from getting hurt. I hope every Rams player wears one.
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Nerd apologist! Game knows game?
 
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Ok…I will go counter-intuitive. No one died in a boxing ring until they put on gloves. The more we pad, the harder and less careful the hits will be. I wasn’t around during the leather head days, but I bet less players led with their head with only leather on it.
 
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Oregonram said:
Ok…I will go counter-intuitive. No one died in a boxing ring until they put on gloves. The more we pad, the harder and less careful the hits will be. I wasn’t around during the leather head days, but I bet less players led with their head with only leather on it.
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Look at James Braddock. He did crouch low at times, but he stood up straight during his fights . He fought from the late 1920’s - early 1940’s.
 
I think they look goofey now but give it a few years and the players and teams will learn to stylize them in a good way. Speed bumps for the betterment of a players health.
 
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If internet threads were around one hundred years ago, I wonder what the fans would be saying about the implementation of leather headgear?

Of course the guardian caps do look goofy - in their current state. Eventually a new design will come along that combines the helmet with the cap, and it will inevitably become the standard.
 
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Antonius said:
If internet threads were around one hundred years ago, I wonder what the fans would be saying about the implementation of leather headgear?

Of course the guardian caps do look goofy - in their current state. Eventually a new design will come along that combines the helmet with the cap, and it will inevitably become the standard.
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Ask @VegasRam

I'm sure he remembers everything they were saying.
 
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