LSU'S FOOTBALL SEASON KICKS
OFF IN THREE WEEKS, AND THE
TEAM IS GETTING SOME
NEW--PANDEMIC STYLE--
EQUIPMENT. FOX 44'S JONAH
GILMORE SHOWS US THE NEW
HARDWARE THAT WILL DEBUT IN
TIGER STADIUM.
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FOR LSU FOOTBALL, A NEW SEASON
COMES WITH NEW GEAR.Put a wind
curtain in front of your face
to help you breath.THIS YEAR,
THE TEAM WILL BE SPORTING A
HELMET WITH SOME UNUSUAL
GADGETS INSIDE, MAKING IT
SAFER TO PLAY DURING THE
PANDEMIC.The Covid and the
particulates stuff that guys
breath in when they are out
there competing against each
other, you know that always
been around. You can always
catch something out there if
it wasn't protected. This
gives them another
availability to kind of
protect your face and mouth
area from some of that.THE
PRODUCT, DESIGNED AND
MANUFACTURED BY TIGER-AIRE IS
A BATTERY OPERATED FAN PLACED
INSIDE THE HELMETS.Using micro
blowers that are installed
inside the helmets below the
padding line with additional
padding adhesive on top of
that to protect the heads from
coming in contact with the
blowers.
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THE TEAM HAS ALREADY BEGUN
PRACTICING WITH THEM.. AND SO
FAR, IT'S A HIT.They love to
learn about the product. They
want to understand what it is
that they're using and they're
really engaging.AS THEY GEAR
UP FOR A SEASON UNLIKE ANY
OTHER, THE STAFF SAYS THEY ARE
WORKING AHEAD OF THE CURVE.Our
goal is to make the players
comfortable and safe. We want
them in the safest equipment,
the most safest equipment and
that's where we try to strive
for every single day. These
are little to make sure that
football keeps playing in the
country, for our
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STRINGFELLOW SAYS NEXT WEEK
THEY'LL BE FITTING ABOUT 50
PLAYERS WITH THEIR NEW HELMETS.
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L-S-U'S CAMPUS WORKER UNION IS
CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE END
