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Post by Mr. Espey on Mar 4, 2006 0:10:23 GMT -5
It happened at this year's WAF Championships.
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Post by Rick Pinkney on Mar 4, 2006 5:49:59 GMT -5
The problem with ball caps is that they have a tendacy to fall off. Even turned around backward they work their way loose. If a hat falls off in the middle of a match the referee then has to stick his hand in there and retreive it, possibly interfering with the match. I know you're going to say thet yours has never fallen off, however it has happened. It can also block the referee's view if the person is a shoulder roller and is cranked around with their head in close.
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Post by Simon on Mar 6, 2006 11:41:18 GMT -5
That is a very good point Rick, certainly with the brim possibly getting on the back of your neck or even a popped up shoulder it could knock it off. Yes mine had never come off but you are absolutely correct it could.
When I mentioned "rag" as a version of headgear in my in my previous post, what I referring to was what they call a "do-rag" I have no idea how to spell it so I just put rag, some people might have taken that as a slang or derogatory term for some other form of headgear and that is not what I meant of course, I meant the head wraps or bandanna type apparatuses.
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Post by Rick Pinkney on Mar 6, 2006 18:47:43 GMT -5
Many times it is necessary for a person to have their hair tied back. Some people prefer to have a due-rag or toque instead of tying it back. Also some people sweat quite bad and don't want in running off their foreheads down their face during the match.
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Post by Keith Michel on Mar 6, 2006 18:55:16 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. I told the USA team manager to get the shoes changed or he wasn't allowed to compete anymore.  You'd think they (USA) would know that.  Oh well |
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Post by Simon on Mar 6, 2006 19:56:36 GMT -5
You know us pullers we want to be in what we are comfortable with. I thought about putting jeans on under my sweats because I hate pulling is sweats.
I thought about finding or having made a baseball cap without a brim on it as well.
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Post by Simon on Mar 6, 2006 20:02:56 GMT -5
It happened at this year's WAF Championships. Meaning someone pulled in a turban? If it is a larger one that could be quite obstructive for the refs, it could get sticky asking them to remove it. There is a certain group in my company that carry a small ceremonial dagger of sorts in their head dressing, when we do security checks with metal detecting wands it goes off. I am not sure of their nationality or religious group so I am purposely not guessing in trying to name them in any fashion. |
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Post by Mr. Espey on Mar 6, 2006 20:37:56 GMT -5
Yes... there was a fellow at the 2005 WAF Championships that pulled in the masters class in a turban.
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Post by gill on Mar 7, 2006 9:47:51 GMT -5
From my experience, I understood that the headdressing and the dagger are both protected by their religion and the canadian law, under the human rights act.
Apparently they are the only people allowed to carry a concealed weapon.
I dont' imagine anyone would be very successful when asking someone to remove their headdressing.
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Post by Rick Pinkney on Mar 8, 2006 18:57:33 GMT -5
You're right with that. I'm not about to tell a Sikh to take off their turban, I'd end up in a human right hearing and I'd lose. There is also no chance of it coming off during a match or interfering with the match.
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You'd think they (USA) would know that. 
Oh well 