American football has benefitted significantly with regard to safety and prevention of sports impact injuries. The first effort to combat head injuries was in 1943 when the NFL first required players to start wearing basic, soft leathered helmets without any sort of facemask (Breech). In the 1950s, NFL players started wearing plastic helmets with single facemask bars (Breech). Variations of the plastic helmets with more facemask bars were worn up until the 1980s, when the first polycarbonate helmets, which are still worn today, were introduced (Breech). The helmet has seen great change over the past 73 years since the first leather ones, but it is not until now that efforts are being made to create a helmet that prevents concussions. Since
