Shin Guards

[GRAYLING]

Heres a question that I got last night and did not have an answer for
Can a player that is not the goalier wear a shin guard? It is in place to protect from furter injury. My answer was I did not think so but I did not see anything in the rule book.

[Snake~eyes]

If the shinpad was properly padded on the outside then I would allow it, kind of like how a cast must have the soft foam around the outside. Otherwise this is illegal.

[LaxRef]

The rules tell you what you can't do. For example, no where in the rules does it say that the players are allowed to wear contact lenses, but absent a rule prohibiting them they're legal.

I don't know of any specific rule prohibiting shinguards. There are rules about general items that the officials think might be dangerous in the NCAA rules, and I think NFHS has the same rules. I'd have a hard time imagining shin guards being dangerous to anyone, though.

[Snake~eyes]

Actually I change my opinion on this, this is legal. Even before I probaly would have let it go but I don't think this is illegal.