Splash-Shield Helmet Masks Apparently Block Everything, Including Oxygen

Like all elite athetes, college football players know that to be the best, sacrifices must be made.

Who knew it'd ever get to the point where it'd be the air they breathe?

But that's what Covid-19 uses to travel from one host to another, causing various forms of mayhem that can lead to lasting heart damage and even the big sleep.

Of course, this is why the 2020 season could well be in poor health itself.

 

If any conference is gonna hold out to the very end before deep-sixing the season, it's the SEC.

That's why they've bought into a new level of max protection: the splash shield.

 

Does this look like a too-cool solution or what?

It's made of ultra-light, super-thin material and attaches to any helmet with little velchro strips:

 

Here's a sales geek to demonstrate how it works when there's a football on a kicking tee next to it on a table while reading a script from an off-center prompter.

But hell, dude gets the job done:

 

So, get set to fire up the entire season and tell the Ivy Leaguers who cancelled early to stuff it, right?

There's only one issue:

 

That would be a complication.

 

So far, no word from deepinthehearta.

The Longhorns have bought into splash shields, and so far, there have been no reports of suffocation.

 

Having had one outbreak already, the 'Horns seem ready to buy into giving up air for a few hours on Saturdays if the Big XII decides to go ahead with a season.

Oklahoma's Sooners have decided to join those Fightin' Bison of North Dakota State and go with a tried-&-true cloth solution:

 

 

It's low-tech, but they figure their kickoff and punt coverage will be boffo.

Meanwhile, it could well be that LSU and Texas opponents will be calling a lotta fly patterns unless the Tigers and Longhorns adapt.

Word is The XII's with the SEC in hell or high water mode as regards playing in 2020. It seems like experimentation with blocking those insidious little sprouted virus spheres must surely continue. Those shields are close to an acceptable solution, but it doesn't quite seem like it's the refined product football needs.

But they do beat getting invaded by those damn little spheres if only players can live through the experience.