Petr Cech's Head

Something that's been bothering me now for some time is the Chelsea first-team goalkeeper, Peter Cech's head brace. Cech sustained the injury in a goal-line scramble exactly two years ago and it was reported that the depressed skull fracture nearly killed him, and could kill him if he returned to football too soon. Now, no one applauds his return to world-class goalkeeping more than me. However, since he came back he's been granted special dispensation to wear a rugby-style skull-cap. No other goalkeeper has been allowed to wear a similar form of protection. This was obviously dealt as a precautionary attempt to prevent any recurrence of the injury, but I would argue further. Since it's now two years since the injury, surely his head-guard gives him an unfair advantage; protection would give him greater confidence in a one-on-one encounter with a player, or, indeed, greater courage in a similar goal-line scramble to the one in which he sustained the injury in the first place. Nobody has asked the question, a far as I can see, regarding the length of time that this will be allowed to continue.