So how did we all survive without all the helmets and safety of today? Well, a few of us didn't:
I don't understand why we would stop trying to get the lines down on the chart. Sometimes safety becomes over the top, but is wearing a helmet during sports activities a negative experience in any tangible way that offsets the prevention of injury it provides?
EDIT: Pretty easy to pick off the guys in this thread that use the lame cage trash talk in division 8 beer league hockey games.