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NFL Players Won’t Wear Leather Helmets, In Case You Were Wondering

by Chris Mottram

Important NFL update from @DarrenRovell in response to the Cleveland Clinic’s study that found leather helmets may be safer than the current ones:

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NFL spokesman @nflprguy: “We don’t have any immediate plans to put players in leather helmets.”

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↵So that settles that.

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