Protective Gear Really Needed?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

Hey Doc, how bout a couple of prescriptions for morphine and lortab. I might get injured and have pain sometime in the future. My answer is no. Nothing listed in any of the rules or case book mentions anything that has to do with prevention of injury. All of them are for treatment or protection of an existing injury. That's why I brought up gloves. They would be for protection and they are specifically banned in the case book as they are not necessary to play the game. IMO neither are helmets, knee pads or elbow pads (or arm sleeves or leg sleeves either).

The difference is gloves can provide a distinct, direct advantage. Knee pads may provide an advantage (allowing a player to be a bit more reckless), but it's not nearly as direct as wearing, for example, wide receiver's gloves.