Safety Comes at a Cost

Football is the most popular sport in America, but it is notoriously considered dangerous. In the effort to reduce the risk of playing many helmet companies have worked to make the safest helmets possible. Currently, the Visis "Zero1'" helmets are considered to be the safest to protect players from concussions. The problem is that to make such a helmet, it costs money. Through grants and other investments Visis has earned the funding to produce the Zero1 helmets, but those investments don't help bring the actual cost down. If any school wanted to buy this helmet they would have to drop $1,500 for just one. This puts pressure on football organizations to decide what is more important, player safety or money. Ultimately small organizations don't have a hope of dishing out $1,500 per athlete to equip them with the safest equipment, so once again, it shows just how much money runs everything and takes precedence over the betterment of the game.