You may or may not have heard by now, but the National Athletic Equipment Reconditioners Association (NAERA) will be implementing a new policy that will soon prohibit the reconditioning or recertification of any football helmet that is 10 years old or older, including Schutt helmets. That policy will go into effect September 1, 2011.
Now, we have never had a 10-year-and-out policy. Other helmet makers have had such policies in place for years. We have always believed, and still do, that the decision to get rid of a helmet should be yours and that a helmet, if it is properly reconditioned on a regular basis, will pass the recertification process.
But, as a member of NAERA, we have an obligation to comply with this new policy, which will go into effect this Fall. After that date, Schutt Reconditioning will no longer recondition or recertify any football helmet, including ours, that is 10 years old or older.
We know this new policy is going to be a financial burden on many teams, schools and organizations. That's why we're offering you our 2011 Spring Trade In Program - as a means to lessen the impact of replacing your older helmets.
Quite simply, you can earn up to a $30 credit towards the purchase of a new Schutt football helmet with each helmet you return to us.
Full details of the program are available from Fred Garner at The Sportstation.
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American Football Monthly - Tackle Safe
by David Purdum Apr 07, 2011
Bobby Hosea’s pioneering tackling technique protects players from devastating head injuries.
As a coach, what are you doing right now to make the game safer for your current and future players? Could you be doing more to ensure head-to-head hits are eliminated from the game?
Bobby Hosea can help you answer those questions. Hosea, a former UCLA cornerback who played professionally in Canada and in the USFL, has emerged as a passionate and authoritative voice in the movement to change the violent tackling culture in football. He enlightens coaches, parents and players on exactly how concussions or neck and spine injuries occur and develops innovative tackling methods that can reduce these devastating personal tragedies.
“If you hit a ball carrier with your head, your head’s going to stop, but your momentum is going to continue and so is his,” Hosea explained. “All that pressure is going to compress your spine and the base of your neck. Your brain is going to fly forward and slam against the inside or your skull from your head stopping so abruptly.”
// CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ARTICLE
As a coach, what are you doing right now to make the game safer for your current and future players? Could you be doing more to ensure head-to-head hits are eliminated from the game?
Bobby Hosea can help you answer those questions. Hosea, a former UCLA cornerback who played professionally in Canada and in the USFL, has emerged as a passionate and authoritative voice in the movement to change the violent tackling culture in football. He enlightens coaches, parents and players on exactly how concussions or neck and spine injuries occur and develops innovative tackling methods that can reduce these devastating personal tragedies.
“If you hit a ball carrier with your head, your head’s going to stop, but your momentum is going to continue and so is his,” Hosea explained. “All that pressure is going to compress your spine and the base of your neck. Your brain is going to fly forward and slam against the inside or your skull from your head stopping so abruptly.”
// CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ARTICLE
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