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Old Sat Nov 12, 2005, 03:56pm
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Re: You'd think so . . .

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Originally posted by assignmentmaker
In MA, statistics were presented to the MIAA from an organization with ties to dentistry that showed a staggering incidence of mouth injury in basketball. Bongo, all players in high school were required to use mouthguards.
Jeff, are you in MA? If so, drop me a line and let me know where.

My understanding of the MIAA rule wasn't that they saw a large number of injuries in basketball; it was that whenever there was a mouth injury, it resulted very often in concussion.
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