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Old Sun Apr 22, 2012, 11:44pm
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Originally Posted by DG View Post
No, I don't. I think it has do with some law suit where someone's pierced nose or ear ring got caught up somehow and removed someone's nose or ear. So FED and most youth leagues have adopted a jewelry rule and it has applied to a host of stuff that I find difficult to fathom causing injury, like phiten necklaces and Livestrong bracelets.
Would you not expect that there would have been more lawsuits regarding the use of metal spike injuries than the wearing of jewelery (before there was a jewelry rule, of course.)?

I would.

Which is why I continue to believe that metal spike mfgs rule the day when it comes to their use on the field.
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