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[QUOTE="sufandu, post: 786510, member: 874"]
This is the catch 22 of it all, isn't it.  If you make a helmet more protective, players will use it as a weapon because they feel like they're protected.  Another part of it is simply physics.  A concussion is caused when the brain slams against the inside of the skull, most often do to rapid deceleration.  How do we go about making helmets that slow the rate of deceleration so that the cerebrospinal fluid has the opportunity to absorb the impact prior to the brain contacting the skull?  I'm sure more advances will be made, but that'll only encourage players to use the helmets even more.

What we need is more tackling and less hitting.  I hate seeing a guy cross his arms over his chest in preparation for trying to hit someone as hard as he can.  That is not tackling.  If that's the way our players (or any players for that matter) are being taught, the coaches should be fired.  Guys should be wrapping up and pulling the ball carrier to the ground.  Sometimes those still result in big hits (see Jadeveon Clowney against Michigan), but the frequency would be less.  Aside from that, it would make for more fundamentally sound football too.  I'd prefer watching that to all of the missed tackles we see now while waiting to see that one big hit every game.
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