They stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the conviction that they have enhanced player safety in the NFL on down to the high school football level. With the NFL fixated on helmet innovation to reduce con… ...

Players in the American 7’s Football League (A7FL) play without helmets and without pads. The league co-founder says it all makes for “a safer game.” ...

Vanderbilt defensive end Caleb Azubike admits some skepticism when a GPS device was inserted into his shoulder pads during a recent football practice. "I had no clue what it was or how it worked ...

Cool, Air Blown Under Football Shoulder Pads Reduces Body Temperature And Heart Rate, Research Finds. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2008 / 07 ...

When hard plastic football helmets became popular after World War II, tackling methods shifted, so that by the early ’60s players had gone from tackling shoulder first to head first.