[82lsju]

I read somewhere that the NFL is developing face shields for football helmets that can serve, literally, as masks to prevent one from spreading Covid-19. I would think that college football will adopt something similar for practices and games.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/20/c...cal-masks/

Thom Mayer, who is medical director of the NFL Players Association, said league engineers and sports equipment company Oakley are testing prototypes of a modified face mask that might contain surgical or N95 material.


“I had suggested that we should consider novel and emerging ways to handle the helmets and the face masks and the spread of the virus,” Mayer said on a podcast with ESPN’s Adam Schefter. “These guys got the bit between their teeth.”

Work on the face mask is far enough along that “there will probably be a recommendation” to use it when the league begins its preseason schedule in August, according to Mayer.

[82lsju]

I read somewhere that the NFL is developing face shields for football helmets that can serve, literally, as masks to prevent one from spreading Covid-19. I would think that college football will adopt something similar for practices and games.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/20/c...cal-masks/

Thom Mayer, who is medical director of the NFL Players Association, said league engineers and sports equipment company Oakley are testing prototypes of a modified face mask that might contain surgical or N95 material.


“I had suggested that we should consider novel and emerging ways to handle the helmets and the face masks and the spread of the virus,” Mayer said on a podcast with ESPN’s Adam Schefter. “These guys got the bit between their teeth.”

Work on the face mask is far enough along that “there will probably be a recommendation” to use it when the league begins its preseason schedule in August, according to Mayer.