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Old Football Helmets Will No Longer Be Reconditioned

The National Athletic Equipment Reconditioners Association (NAERA)has announced that it will no longer accept football helmets for reconditioning and recertification which are more than 10-years old.  The policy, adopted at the group's annual meeting, will become effective at the start of the reconditioning season on September 1, 2011, as many schools have already paid for their helmets to be reconditioned for use this fall.
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Brooke de Lench
Brooke de Lench

Concussion Awareness At All-Time High But Athletes Want to Keep Playing Despite Risks

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 16:10. | comments

A new poll by ESPN: The Magazine contains some good news and bad news about sports concussions.  A confidential survey of 300 high school football players, 100 coaches, 100 parents, and 100 athletic trainers in 23 states reported that concussion awareness is at an all-time high but that players, and to a lesser extent their parents, continue to downplay the risks:

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