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Message: [QUOTE="36'sq., post: 5409157, member: 9931"] Second to last photo you can see Sam English with his chinstrap a) over his mouth, NOT around his chin b) extremely loose Dear NCAA, players, fans, coaches, officials, concerned parents: If we're going to be hyper-concerned about concussions and head trauma, to the point that my kids playing youth YMCA soccer aren't even allowed to head the ball, take it seriously and don't just pretend you care. If we're going to review every single hit, if we're going to penalize far too many body checks that have been a part of lacrosse since the game was created, if we're going to have players wearing collars then you need to actually take it seriously. We all know the helmets are LIGHT YEARS better than when we had laces in the back. Guys should unequivocally not be able to push their helmets up on their heads without undoing a single one of the four buckles. That means it doesn't fit tightly. That means it won't do anything if the guy is hit hard. I do all sorts of cycling these days. My helmet can't move. There is no point in wearing it if I hit a rock coming down a mountain and it slips 3/4 off my head. So, if I'm going to have to put up with what I see as an unnecessary, exaggerated concern for head trauma AND if I'm going to have to put up with the game being fundamentally changed because we're taking fully legal, NON-head body checks out of the game, then make players strap their helmets. Enforce the actual equipment rules instead of selling us some $100 collar. Guys have to wear shoulder pads after George B was hit in the chest and died, right? So...make sure the helmets are actually snug, the dials turned down, the buckles tight, and the chinstrap ON THE CHIN. Otherwise, this is all just BS hang ringing and if we allow guys to play with helmets so loose they can push them up on their heads that easily then we don't actually care about solving the problem and we're just allowing a bunch of phonies to show fake concern for players and their safety. There is nothing I hate more than fake sincerity and pretending to care and lip service. If you care about brain trauma, player safety, CTE, suicides, etc., stop allowing players to wear their helmets this loose. It makes a mockery out of the entire focus, concern, and attempt to address brain trauma. And, I do believe CTE is an issue, I do believe repeated hits to the head are bad, but if you are going to basically take legal hitting out of a contact sport such as lacrosse, then actually enforce the equipment rules. How these guys are wearing their helmets is like using a wet lasso as a seatbelt. [/QUOTE]

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