Guardian Caps are a brand of soft-shell helmet cover that slips over a helmet's plastic shell and are marketed to reduce impacts.

They are allowed to be worn by high school athletes during practice or games under the Kentucky High School Athletics Association's rules, as well as national state athletic association.

The NFL made headlines in 2022 when it said concussions among players who wore the device dropped more than 50% that summer.

Recently published data using the NFL's Injury Surveillance System data found though if taking only the helmet-shell impacts, the concussion rate did not change.

To wear a Guardian Cap or not to wear a Guardian Cap?

That may just be the question of the football season — at all levels of play.

But sports medicine experts say the answer to that quest

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