zarathustra
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I'm friends with the coach of a local Sunday league team on faceache (used to train with them before I took up the whistle).
Earlier to day he was having a whinge about something that he said happened this weekend.
Apparently the referee allowed a player to play the full 90 minutes with an uncovered nose stud. Obviously we all know that the player shouldn't have been on the pitch with the nose stud, or any other jewelry on.
But, he said the referee wouldn't allow one of his subs to play as their shorts had pockets.
Stopping someone playing whilst wearing shorts that have pockets has never occurred to me. And the only possible justification I can think of is if the referee thinks that the pockets pose a threat to player safety. But I'm struggling to see how pockets in shorts could pose a risk.
Has anyone ever come across this before, or stopped someone playing because they had pockets?
Earlier to day he was having a whinge about something that he said happened this weekend.
Apparently the referee allowed a player to play the full 90 minutes with an uncovered nose stud. Obviously we all know that the player shouldn't have been on the pitch with the nose stud, or any other jewelry on.
But, he said the referee wouldn't allow one of his subs to play as their shorts had pockets.
Stopping someone playing whilst wearing shorts that have pockets has never occurred to me. And the only possible justification I can think of is if the referee thinks that the pockets pose a threat to player safety. But I'm struggling to see how pockets in shorts could pose a risk.
Has anyone ever come across this before, or stopped someone playing because they had pockets?