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Old Fri Apr 30, 2004, 07:57am
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Re: Painted Helmets

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Originally posted by EugeneCoug
The comeback to that, I guess, would be that the uniformity requirement isn't a safety issue while the paint is. Every football team in America should stop painting their helmets, I guess.
The safety issue is overblown, but it is real.

Paint involves chemicals, and there are many different kinds of paints, some of which have chemicals in them that react with plastic and can weaken it. It is a possibility that LL bans painting helmets since it is simpler than trying to police "proper" painting.

Personally, I think this should be left between the consumer and the manufacturer, and leave the game officials out of it.

Hockey seemes to have survived just fine with individualism being expressed on goalie helmets.
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