Riddell, like most industries, is experiencing supply chain and materials challenges due to the ongoing pandemic. Additionally, a supplier of Riddell football helmet components recently experienced a catastrophic fire. As a result, production of select Riddell football helmets is limited, and delivery timelines will be impacted.
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NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the league agreed in 1989 to give Riddell rights to be the official helmet of the NFL in perpetuity after a slew of helmet manufacturers went out of business.Oct 24, 2013
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Introduction
The Problem at Hand
- Football teams which use helmets made by Riddell and Schutt – the two most-used brands of helmets in football – could be waiting until October to receive their orders, according to some coaches. Both Morgantown area high schools, Morgantown and University, are waiting for helmets. University head coach, John Kelley, says that he’s still roughly six...
Riddell Response
- 12 Sports reached out to Riddell for comment on the nation-wide helmet shortage. In response, Riddell sent the following statement:
One Player, One Helmet, That’S The ‘Rule’
- Although there isn’t a true rule that requires each player have his/her own helmet, all coaches know it to be the case. Aside from the current health and safety concerns surrounding COVID-19, helmets are expected to be reconditioned, certified, and fitted each year for each player in attempt to have the helmet protect each player most-effectively. Therefore, players are unable to share h…
Youth Teams Also Affected
- This isn’t just affecting high school teams, either. Zach Cook, who has helped start a new youth football team within the Morgantown area, told 12 Sports via Twitterthat he and his team are still waiting on more than 50 helmets from Schutt. According to Cook, his team’s order was placed in May and was scheduled to be delivered in July. However, practices started on Monday Aug. 2, a…
“What They Need With, We’Ll Help Out With,” — Dustin Cogar.
- Luckily, as is the West Virginia way, teams have been helping one another. Davis spoke with 12 Sports while he was en route to Parkersburg Catholic High School, which was supplying him with three of the large helmets he needed. Doddridge County head coach, Bobby Burnside, says that his team was able to supply a team out of the Eastern Panhandle with a couple of the helmets th…
Moving Forward
- The first games of the high school football season are scheduled for Aug. 26 and 27. That’s less than three full weeks from the publication of this story. Hope remains that teams can find the necessary helmets and equipment they need for everyone to suit up on Thursday and Friday nights. As the coaches we’ve spoken to have alluded, this issue will bring the coaching communi…