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Post by mikeboy on Mar 1, 2006 22:51:21 GMT -5
Can a compeditor wear a tensor bandage on their upper arm if they so desire??
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Post by Mr. Espey on Mar 2, 2006 0:35:37 GMT -5
On the upper yes... nothing from the elbow to finger tip.... under CAWF and WAF rules.
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Post by Simon on Mar 2, 2006 11:15:58 GMT -5
How do you interpet that Ryan, what constitues nothing? At the WAF championships the Japanese team have been wearing magnet patches of some sort past their elbow for years now.
I am just curious more so than questioning the validity of the rule, certainly one should not be able to wear anything that braces or supports your elbow or your wrist.
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Post by Rick Pinkney on Mar 2, 2006 16:28:25 GMT -5
Those magnet patches are just like a bandage. The rule states that arms must be bare. No watches, rings or support bandages. If it was on the back of the hand and caused their competitor problems getting a grip then it would be different.
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Post by Simon on Mar 2, 2006 18:34:14 GMT -5
I agree that they are no big deal.
I remember at the worlds in Ottawa Miles yelling at Leonard to make Alexy take the little piece of red yarn off of his right arm, that was pretty funny actually.
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Post by mikeboy on Mar 2, 2006 20:30:39 GMT -5
thanks for verifying that
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Post by Mr. Espey on Mar 3, 2006 0:12:34 GMT -5
Simon.
If I was the one pulling against Yoshi and he was wearing those bandages, I definitely would have made an issue of it.
Its kind of like when Harry made Miles change his pants... a BS thing that does not effect the match... but still a rule.
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Post by Simon on Mar 3, 2006 10:27:31 GMT -5
I remember also in Ottawa as well that Mike Selearis had to go borrow some tennis shoes from someone on the team right as he was competing because he likes to pull in a certain pair of boots that they made him change out of.... due again to uniform rules.
The rules like these are often quite simple and effective yet it is all of the possible exceptions that make them complicated. Nothing below the elbow on your pulling arm except a bandage is pretty straightforward.
The no hat rule in Canada and at the WAF events, I don't have it in front of me but I think it just says no hats, yet rags, beanies and or sock hats are and have been allowed at Canadian and World events, so as long as it does not have a brim it is OK? I thought this like many of the appearance rules was only about uniform consistency and or a more "professional sportsman look", to use one of Willy's favorite lines.
How is a rag or a beanie more professional than a back wards ball cap? Don't get me wrong I will take what I can get, I am just speaking out loud around this general vein.
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Post by fredroy on Mar 3, 2006 13:03:11 GMT -5
The real gist of it stems from brim hats interfering with the referees view of the match. From there as everything else everyone tries their own interpreptation of it. Hence the rule no hats! I suppose we could get the rule changed to "no brimmed hats". That's my two bits worth. When the sport makes the rules (and the majority were made in the western world) beanies, turbans or the likes were not even considered as they were not an interference to the referee and I don't believe they are to this day. So the short answer besides " more professional looking" is the common sense fact that they don't interfere with refereeing. Nothing more, nothing less!
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Post by Simon on Mar 3, 2006 16:02:41 GMT -5
I am not sure how a backwards ball cap would obstruct a refs view but hey that makes sense how it came to be.
I had to laugh thinking about turbins, trying to picture someone pulling with a large turbin on his head.
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