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Originally posted by nine01c
Chuck: It was my understanding when we got the new mouthguard rule, that if one fell out during play, you wait until the next dead ball to allow the player to pick it up (if he hasn't already done so). Kind of like a shoe lace, you don't stop play. If he enters court with no mouthguard in place, the rereree will direct him to the bench for a sub, and he can re-enter at the next whistle (like if a kid has jewlery on).
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Two questions:
1)Do you stop play if it's not a shoelace,but the shoe actually comes off- or even worse, if the net gets hung up?
2)Serious- If a player enters with no mouthguard, will you allow him a quick second to just get it from the bench and put it in, rather than asking for a substitute? Seems to me that getting a new sub in would be the longer of the two actions. Iow, was substitution a firm State directive?