According to Battle Sports Science, Green-Ellis will be wearing the Impact Indicator chin strap against the Giants, joining WR Derrick Mason as the only NFL players to wear the device that monitors the head trauma a player sustains during a game. “I’m extremely excited and grateful to have the opportunity to wear the Impact Indicator,†Green-Ellis said in a Battle Sports Science release. “As a running back in this league, the hits I take are vicious. With the long-term effects and career-ending potential that non-detected concussions bring, I can’t afford to take any risks out there.†The chin strap “measures the G-force and duration sustained by a football player’s head during player and signals the probability of concussion,†according to the company’s press release. Once a player sustains a hit measured at 240 Head Injury Criterion (HIC) levels a red light begins to flash on the chin strap alerting coaches, players and officials to a possible injury. The chin strap is marketed toward high school football players, and youth football is the reason Green-Ellis became interested in the product, according to Battle Sports Science. Pats RB Kevin Faulk‘s son sustained a concussion playing youth football and Green-Ellis wanted to obtain a chin strap for Faulk’s son. “I wish I had the opportunity to wear a product like this when I was playing youth football and throughout my career.†Source: NFL.com
I actually kind of like the idea, too many people in the NFL playing with concussions and freaking up their lives in later years.
In a perfect world where the unit performs exactly as it should 100% of the time, I would think this should be a requirement for every player. However... even if that light flashes red... most players who just got rocked and not knocked out or destroyed will say they are good to play. Their livelihoods depend on them being on that field.
It's not a mathematical issue at all though and it's dumb to try to make it one when we know so little about brain injuries
