Can Custom-Fit Football Helmets Protect Athletes’ Brains?
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We learn about an Illinois company’s game plan for protecting football players’ heads.
Football may be America’s favorite sport, but with the rising fear of brain injury and CTE, it’s taken a bruising. We visited a Chicago-area helmet maker to see how it’s tackling the issue. Amanda Vinicky has the story.
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Can Custom-Fit Football Helmets Protect Athletes’ Brains?
Clip: 11/2/2017 | 6m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Football may be America’s favorite sport, but with the rising fear of brain injury and CTE, it’s taken a bruising. We visited a Chicago-area helmet maker to see how it’s tackling the issue. Amanda Vinicky has the story.
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