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Facemask more than helmet by btd

But... the rules need several generations to take effect IMO. The cycle of players being taught to launch themselves like a missile at someone versus form tackling has to work its way through the system from pee wee football into college. The first group through that process gets marginally better at playing the game closer to how it was played decades ago. The next generation after that is no longer being coached by people that don't agree with it and no longer really knows the old way ever existed.

Helmets are needed just for basic protection from the head hitting the ground, etc. If you eliminated the plastic masks, the extensive bars on face masks that now exist and basically made players play with the 1970's style QB two bars around the mouth style face mask, it would force players to stop leading with their helmets -- because too many of them would be breaking their nose, eye injuries, etc.