{"id":1140,"date":"2011-03-12T23:00:49","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T05:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2011-03-12T23:00:49","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T05:00:49","slug":"decade-old-football-helmets-are-on-their-way-out-for-our-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/decade-old-football-helmets-are-on-their-way-out-for-our-kids.html","title":{"rendered":"Decade-Old Football Helmets Are On Their Way Out For Our Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Parents who have kids who play football can rest a little bit easier:\u00a0Manufacturers are going to stop refurbishing helmets that are more than 10 years old.<\/p>\r\n<p>The New York Times reported\u00a0that the trade association that monitors the refurbishing of old helmets, the National\u00a0Athletic Equipment Reconditioners Association (Naera), on Thursday said it would no longer take helmets that were more than a decade old.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/11\/sports\/football\/11helmet.html?scp=1&amp;sq=Naera&amp;st=cse\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/11\/sports\/football\/11helmet.html?scp=1&amp;sq=Naera&amp;st=cse<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>There is a rub. High school and youth football governing bodies only require that\u00a0helmets\u00a0pass a standard that has been set by the National Operating Committee\u00a0on Standards for Athletic Equipment (Nocsae). According to The Times, that basically means that\u00a0old helmets can be worn by young players,\u00a0even if those helmets are really not protecting kids from concussions the way they should.<\/p>\r\n<p>Schools can have their football helmets reconditioned on a voluntary basis.<\/p>\r\n<p>So what&#8217;s the bottom line?<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;Naera&#8217;s decision to reject helmets more than\u00a010 years old will force organizations to choose between purchasing new helmets or putting youngsters in used helmets known to be less safe,&#8221; according to The Times.<\/p>\r\n<p>In fact, the newspaper quotes some experts that believe\u00a0now old helmets will be put out of circulation.<\/p>\r\n<p>Naera is reacting to pressure that started when the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) began a probe of football helmet safety. And Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., also requested that the\u00a0Federal Trade Commission investigate\u00a0the two major helmet makers,\u00a0Riddell and Schutt, for allegely making false claims about the safety of their helmets.<\/p>\r\n<p>There has also been a call in Washington for a\u00a0hearing on football helmet safety,\u00a0including the use of old helmets, The Times reported.<\/p>\r\n<p>Even though experts warn against\u00a0the safety risk\u00a0of using old helmets, the National Federation of State High School Assocations has lets schools\u00a0decide what kind of helmets they want to use, including old ones. Why? New helmets cost more than refurbished ones.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>School budgets are getting cut these days, but someone better find the funds to pay for gear that protects\u00a0our kids.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents who have kids who play football can rest a little bit easier:\u00a0Manufacturers are going to stop refurbishing helmets that are more than 10 years old. The New York Times reported\u00a0that the trade association that monitors the refurbishing of old helmets, the National\u00a0Athletic Equipment Reconditioners Association (Naera), on Thursday said it would no longer take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,4,697,714],"class_list":["post-1140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brain-injury","tag-brain-injury-attorney","tag-football-and-concussions","tag-football-helmet-safety"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Decade-Old Football Helmets Are On Their Way Out For Our Kids - Brain Injury Lawyer Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/decade-old-football-helmets-are-on-their-way-out-for-our-kids.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Decade-Old Football Helmets Are On Their Way Out For Our Kids - Brain Injury Lawyer Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Parents who have kids who play football can rest a little bit easier:\u00a0Manufacturers are going to stop refurbishing helmets that are more than 10 years old. 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