Every public high school football player in Omaha will wear an impact-tracking Riddell helmet this fall, thanks to a donation attributed to a Buffett family charity.
The gift to the city seven high schools included more than 900 Riddell Speedflex helmets equipped with its InSite Impact Response System — the same technology the University of Texas and other football programs are using — to help monitor the severity of on-field collisions. The helmets are embedded with five sensors that transmit alerts to a handheld device on the sideline when an impact or series of impacts exceeds a certain threshold.