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Originally Posted by bob jenkins (Post 706860)

My guess is that it's a safety rule, too many kids were not wearing them appropriately, so the state put in a penalty to encourage the coach to take care of the problem.

Not only that, but some kids cut them to only fit over the front 4 teeth. The VT rule specifies that it must protect the molars as well. Had one instance where the home AD had extras that he provided so that the game could be played. {And, no they were not used ones.}

I'll Be Here All Week Folks ...

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Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap (Post 706958)

No they were not used ones.

This reminds me of back when I was teaching.

Student: Mr. BillyMac. Can I please borrow a Kleenex?
Mr. BillyMac: No. Keep it. I don't want it back.

And then, there's the good, old, dependable, favorite, knee slapper:

Student: Mr. BillyMac. Do you know what time it is?
Mr. BillyMac: Yes.

It was really nice to have a new audience every September. Nice to be able to recycle jokes. To me they were old jokes. To them, they were new jokes.

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Originally Posted by jeffpea (Post 706789)

based on this rationale, I would assume that kids in Vermont are required to wear ski gloves while playing so as not to spread the germs that can be on their hands from doing such vile activities such as sneezing, pre-game handshakes, dribbling a basketball which has been in contact with a floor that has been walked on by people who have dared to wear shoes outside of the gym.

on second thought, the ski gloves are probably contaminated after coming in contact with road salt, school buses/cars which undoubtably have oil or gas residue, and have been chewed on by household pets.....

on third thought, let's play the games in EPA certified, hermitcally-sealed hazmat suits that contain 100% oxygen systems...we certainly don't want Dustin Hoffman and Renee Russo showing up at a high school game in Burlington, VT. in order to administer E-1101 anti-syrum to eradicate the Ebola virus....

OR... maybe we can just let the kids use mouthguards without all of the superflous rules....c'mon...where are the "less government intervention people"? I'm sure the old guy who said last year "keep your government hands off my Medicare" can be convince to shout "keep you government hands off my gradnsons' mouthpiece"...whaddaya think?

OK... my rant is over and I can now officially start my weekend!

I don't know about Ebola, but you might want to think about hepatitis A and B, not to mention whatever that kid I saw last night might contract from constantly taking his mouthguard out and then chewing on one end, then putting it in again. Oh, and there is always the possibility of someone slipping on that slobbery rubber thing on the floor - before he puts it back in his mouth. Yeah, lets just worry about some blood on a uniform.:D