mouthguard rule

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

It's a dumb rule.

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I think it's a good rule from a safety standpoint for contact sports like football,hockey, lacrosse,rugger,etc. The studies that Dan found seem to support that view. Basketball is becoming more and more like a contact sport every year.The amount of contact allowed in today's game is much greater than what was allowed 20 or 30 years ago imo.I don't know whether mouthguards really are necessary for basketball yet,but I think we will be getting to that point some day.