2020 NFHS Basketball Rules Questionnaire ...

[SNIPERBBB]

Do we really need to regulate mouth guards? If you wear one, just keep it in your mouth.

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Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB

Do we really need to regulate mouth guards? If you wear one, just keep it in your mouth.

I saw a point guard last weekend who would take it out and hold it to call a play, then put it back in while dribbling and carry on.

Then I thought of the recent encouragement from NFHS over mouth guards, and I thought to myself, “You know, self, there’s a lot of talking in basketball and if we force mouth guard use, we’re either going to have a lot of dripping saliva when they are removed for speech, or we’re going to have a lot of players running around the court who sound like zombies in dental chairs.”

Count me in the group that would prefer not to mandate this.


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[SNIPERBBB]

I especially don't want to take a dentistry class to see if a mouth guard is legal with all these requirements let alone inspect one. Or are they about to sign a deal with a mouth guard maker to get nfhs approval stamps on the guards.