The solution to the concussion problem in sports has been staring us in the face for years and we’ve been too busy looking for zebras instead of horses. But no longer; one Reddit user, who might be the mother of an underemployed mooch living at home, has figured it all out for us and it doesn’t even require medical research, financing, or anything other than a trip to the barber. Troy Polamalu, we’re sorry, but you gotta get a haircut.

This is that moment in the movie when the plain girl in glasses and a bun that Freddie Prinze, Jr. always thought was just a friend removes those stodgy lenses and lets down her flowing locks and reveals herself to be a sex machine. Only she has to get a haircut, because that shit’s dangerous.

How did we, so many Freddie Prinze, Juniors, fail to see this? The shorter hair inside the helmet so your skull is jammed firmly against the padding and the lack of chin-strap-nullifying facial hair will work in tandem to dramatically reduce the effect of the constant, dull, and barely noticeable thudding of skull against skull that happens every single down of a football game.

Now, let’s go solve the hypocrisy of the NCAA and amateur athletics next.