Will Risk Homeostasis Figure in Hornung’s Lawsuit Against Riddell?

It’s called risk compensation, or risk homeostasis.   The theory follows that when people have more or better protective equipment, such as football helmets, they take more chances.   The idea was popularized by Dr. Erik Swartz, a kinesiology professor at the University of New Hampshire. But it is not new. Swartz, a big proponent of helmetless football practices, told The Sporting News earlier this year that “when a player has a body part that's protected, and the contact with some