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Old Wed Jul 11, 2018, 12:54pm
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Originally Posted by Altor View Post
I just Googled this because I was wondering the same thing. The apparent reasoning is that medical personnel cannot see the athlete's eyes in the case of possible head trauma without removing the helmet. I guess they believe sunglasses could be removed without removing the helmet(?).
That was the reasoning for football, but IIRC football does not allow sunglasses. I think this is another case of the NFHS creating a 1 sport fits all rule rather than being specific to the circumstances of each individual sport.

That is my personal opinion on the matter.
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