How and why a new safety standard has been developed for youth football helmets

How and why a new safety standard has been developed for youth football helmets

Now that the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment has data to support the difference in head and neck injury risks for youth versus adult tackle football players, one athletic equipment safety standard nonprofit has released a first-ever youth football helmet standard.An awful lot went into the standard, Dr. Robert Cantu, NOCSAE vice president and chair of the organizations scientific advisory committee, said. It is s…