Seeing players in the National Football League in action without their sleekly designed helmets would certainly be bizarre, but such a spectacle could become reality in the future.
BBC Sport's Matt Slater reported Thursday what NFL health and safety advisory commission chairman Dr. John York said about the possibility of players not wearing helmets as a means of actually enhancing player safety.
"Can I see a time without helmets? Yes," said York. "It's not around the corner, but I can see it."
Abolishing helmets could discourage players from hurling themselves as hard at opponents.