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[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by bpowlen

I guess I'm kind of confused on this particular issue. I thought it was all about safety. If a player can tape over a medical alert bracelet, with the tag showing of course, why can't she tape over a cloth friendship bracelet that may or may not be easily removed (they are usually knotted). I also thought new earring studs could be taped over, too. So I guess my point is that I thought it was to some extent the discretion of the ref, with regards to safety.

Medic Alert bracelets, I believe, are allowed because they provide potentially life-saving information in the event the player becomes unconscious. It is potentially less safe for the player if it is removed. So the alternative is allow them to make it as safe as possible.

As for earrings, I do not understand why people feel a tiny bit of tape is going to make them safer. If a player is going to be struck in the ear with sufficient force to puncture the skin behind the ear, is a bit of tape really going to prevent this? If she is going to be struck with such force that it would tear the earring from the ear, is a bit of tape going to prevent this? I just don't see how a bit of tape is going to stop the worst of what can do wrong.