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American football shoulder pads are an essential part of the equipment needed to play American football at a collegiate or professional level. American football shoulder pads protect the player's body from serious physical harm when playing the game, as aggression and power are paramount in the game of American football. It is a no holds barred, physical contact sport where almost anything goes, so it is very important that the players are sufficiently protected.

Due to the huge importance of the American football shoulder pads, and also the complexity of their design, they are also quite expensive to purchase. Schutt, a leading manufacturer of various American football products, has all purpose American football shoulder pads with a starting price of roughly £85 but going up as far as a staggering £240. There are also shoulder pads designed for different positions, with Quarterback and Linebacker positions of particular importance as players in these positions are likely to suffer significant impact during the course of a match.

American football shoulder pads are worn beneath the jersey, and are often so large that the jerseys need to be several sizes larger than usual in order to fit. American football shoulder pads need to be tough enough to protect a player from big hits during a match, but also flexible enough so that they don't break during a match as well. The more expensive pads will try to absorb as much of the impact of a big hit as possible, with the Schutt Air Flex pads found on their more expensive models diffusing the impact on the pads through thousands of tiny absorbing beads imbedded in the American football shoulder pad material.

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