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The use of helmets in hockey prevents brain injury; when all players have head protection, there is no competitive advantage to those on the ice who are not so attired, according to Herndon sports injury lawyer Doug Landau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baseball pitchers can get beaned by hardballs that can cause devastating facial and brain injuries. \u00a0Likewise, professional ice hockey players face injury from fast flying pucks, stick wielding opponents, hard ice and checks into walls and plexiglass. \u00a0Virtually every country in the world has some workplace safety regulations. \u00a0So it is no surprise that there is safety regulation in professional sports in the United States<\/p>\n

The National Hockey League (“NHL”)\u00a0required its newly acquired players to wear helmets starting in 1979, but it exempted veterans, the last of whom played without them until 1997. Cornell economics professor Robert Frank wrote about the economics of safety for the New York Times<\/a>\u00a0using the NHL protective headgear as an example. \u00a0Helmets are required in the National Hockey League, but that\u2019s a fairly recent development. According to Professor Frank,<\/p>\n

“Many players had believed that they could see and hear better without them. When everyone skated without helmets, the relative advantage disappeared, resulting in gratuitous risk of injury to all players.\u00a0In 1979, the N.H.L. required<\/a>\u00a0all newly hired players to wear helmets, but veterans were exempted. Some continued to skate\u00a0without a helmet until 1997<\/a>, believing that it gave them an edge \u2014 but today\u2019s players seem to see futility in sacrificing safety for an unsustainable relative advantage.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Evidence tends to suggest that\u00a0even well-informed workers in perfectly competitive markets will tend to buy too little safety on their own. \u00a0Hence the need for athletic leagues, like employers with long-range plans, to eliminate unnecessary injuries and losses, where safety engineering and available products can significantly reduce or eliminate such risks. Professor Frank’s analysis of the economic and moral perspectives and findings shed light on the decision-making of consumers and pro athletes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Baseball pitchers can get beaned by hardballs that can cause devastating facial and brain injuries. \u00a0Likewise, professional ice hockey players face injury from fast flying pucks, stick wielding opponents, hard ice and checks into walls and plexiglass. \u00a0Virtually every country in the world has some workplace safety regulations. \u00a0So it is no surprise that there…<\/p>\n

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