“For the past two years our Lambertville Ramblers Youth Football League has been using the “Guardian Helmet Caps” in all of our scheduled practices. We have found these Guardian Caps to be another great safety measure for the great game of Football. Our parents were extremely excited when they saw we purchased them and felt more comfortable signing their kids up for youth football. We are one of 9 teams in our Warren County Youth Football League who have been using the Guardian Caps. There has been talk of other teams purchasing Guardian Caps in the future due to seeing the success we have had with them in our Lambertville Ramblers Program. Thanks to Guardian Sports for making another product to enhance the safety of youth football.”

-Jim Troutman, President, Labertville Ramblers NJ

“It’s substantial,” Miller said. “It’s really important and led to a very low number of preseason concussions compared to previous years. So, you’ll be seeing a lot of the Guardian Cap this coming year. And we think that’s going to advance player safety substantially — not just against concussions, because we know that’s one metric. but against the repetitive head impacts that players take. Each one, in this case, with the Guardian Cap worn, is going to decrease the risk. That’s really important for the long-term benefit of the player and something the committee took very seriously.”

-Jeff Miller, NFL – Executive Vice President of Health and Safety Initiatives

“Our engineers at the NFL in conjunction with engineers from the players association have tested these in the laboratory and they found that any blow that happens to the helmet with a Guardian Cap over it reduces the force about 10-15% [at NFL speeds]. So if you imagine putting it on both players, an OL and DL for example, you’ve got an additive effect of over a 20% force reduction.”

– Dr. Allen Sills, NFL’s Chief Medical Officer

“We actually started using the Guardian Caps several years ago on a couple of specific position groups on a trial basis.  While we realize there is no piece of equipment that will prevent all concussions we pride ourselves on injury prevention and anything that may help us keep our student-athletes a little safer on the field is welcome.  It was an adjustment for some of the players initially, but eventually the caps just became part of their daily equipment.  We have expanded their use to multiple position groups now and of course to anyone who specifically requests a cap.  Common sense that adding this extra, non-invasive layer to the helmet lessens the amount of force generated during head-to-head or head-to-ground contact. While there is no way to know how many concussions we have prevented, we definitely believe in the product and will continue to use it on our players.“

–David Gable, MS, ATC, LAT – Associate AD Sports Medicine at TCU

“When we first started using them a couple years ago both coaches and players were skeptical, but now they are an important aspect of our practice gear. We started with just the O-line and D-line, but now have all position groups in them due to the multiple impacts they all can sustain throughout a practice. The guys don’t have any issue with them at all. The concerns with weight, heat, getting in the way/falling off, etc is not a problem and they understand that it’s just another way to hopefully limit the risk of repetitive contact through day-to-day football drills. We all understand it can’t prevent or eliminate the risk of a concussion, but believe it’s worth it to protect our players by reducing the impact of the multiple sub-concussive blows to the head throughout a practice, which is why they have seem to become so prevalent throughout the game right now.”

-Scott Parker, MS, ATC – Head Football Athletic Trainer Oklahoma State University

“The Guardian Caps are a game changer for our student-athletes. We have every athlete in our program wear them regardless of position. We have never had a head injury occur during any of our practice sessions since using Guardian Caps. Our kids have confidence in their ability to practice in a physical manner and we are able to have much more control in our live contact sessions. There is a reason we continue to replenish our inventory of Guardian Caps each season. We believe in the product and have seen nothing but positive results which keep our students safe.” 

-Ryan Barham – Head ATC, Gunter HS TX

“Our players are our game’s greatest ambassadors, both on and off the field,” CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie said. “We must continue to explore new equipment, technology and best practices to help ensure they are physically and emotionally able to have long and successful careers. As athletes evolve through better nutrition, training regimens and a clearer understanding of the human body, so too will our game. As a league, we must embrace that evolution and work with our players to create an exciting and competitive, but safe, football environment.”

-Randy Ambrosie, CFL Commissioner

“We really do think it’s a meaningful part,” Arbogast said of the cap. “We wouldn’t have recommended it to head coaches if we didn’t. Can I give you a number that it’s going to reduce five concussions? No.” “It’s been clear for several decades that acceleration, either linear or rotational acceleration, is what leads to brain injury,” she said. “What we’ve shown with these helmet covers is that it can reduce the amount of acceleration. We believe that will be better. It surely is not going to make it worse.”

-Dr. Kristy Arbogast, Director of Injury and Prevention Research Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and NFLPA Consultant on Injury Prevention.