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Old Wed Jan 19, 2011, 09:14am
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Old Wed Jan 19, 2011, 09:29am
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I have never seen a girl having these but have seen several guys with them - fortunately none have been on the basketball court.

being a guy who use to wear an ear ring I can understand young guys wanting to wear an ear ring - I can not understand why you would want a huge hole in your ear.
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Old Wed Jan 19, 2011, 09:52am
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This is a practice sometimes known as gauging. The ear is pierced and over time, the lobe is stretched out using progressively larger hoops. When I was in college a few years ago, I saw more than a few people doing it.

I haven't run into it officiating, but if the hole is large enough, I could see it being a safety issue to not have the plugs in.
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