CNN 11/15/13: Head impact sensors: On-the-field placebo or danger? Erik Sweeney hurled his body toward the opposing team’s quarterback, wrapped his arms around him and pulled him to the ground. Seconds later, the back of his helmet socked the grass. “It didn’t hurt or anything,” said Sweeney, a 13-year-old cornerback with the Wayland-Weston Warriors in Massachusetts. “It just shocked like, it felt all fuzzy in the back of my head.” Despite that fuzzy feeling, Sweeney was raring to get back into the game. But a yellow light flickering at the base of his helmet caused a trainer on the sideline to stop him.
Head impact sensors: On-the-field placebo or danger?
