One of the incidents came in 2005, when Manning allegedly asked Skiba for an old beat - up game helmet, signed it, and then put it on
the market as a helmet from his rookie season.
Not exact matches
I recognize that NOCSAE's decision may have some technical merit; and that it may be to some degree be necessary to protect the integrity of its
helmet standard by weeding out what one football
helmet representative characterized in an email to me
as «snake oil salesmen»
marketing supplemental padding products that, despite their overblown claims, likely do little if anything to reduce, much less prevent, concussions, and may, at least in theory, compromise the ability of football
helmets to protect players
as the manufacturers intended.
A strict reading of that language would appear to allow a
helmet to which a third - party, after -
market product has been affixed so long
as the alteration does not «decrease protection,» and so long
as the
helmet met the NOCSAE test standard at the time it left the manufacturer.
The long answer is that, it is true that the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) initially decided in July 2013 that modification of
helmets with third - party after -
market add - ons, such
as impact sensors installed inside a
helmet or to its exterior, would be viewed
as voiding the
helmet manufacturer's certification, and that the certification could only be regained if the
helmet was retested by the manufacturer with the add - on, NOCSAE later issued a press release clarifying that position: Instead of automatically voiding the certification, NOCSAE decided it would leave it up to
helmet manufacturers to decide whether a particular third - party add - on affixed to the
helmet, such
as a impact sensor, voided its certification of compliance with NOCSAE's standard, and now allows companies which make add - on products for football
helmets to make their own certification of compliance with the NOCSAE standards on a
helmet model,
as long
as the certification is done according to NOCSAE standards, and
as long
as the manufacturer assumes responsibility (in other words, potential legal liability) for the
helmet / add - on combination.
As Samsung's technical
marketing manager Philip Berne noted in response to my tweet, the Galaxy S4 case uses «the same polycarbonate material used in Formula 1 cars and
helmets.»