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BLADE BOOTS Injury to U12 player

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Should Blade Boots be banned?

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Post by Lee Marchant Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:12 pm

I have been asked by BARLA to submit the following and to ask
for your views and thoughts.

As previously mentioned, BARLA have not made
a U-turn on the decision to ban these types of boots but have suspended the
decision whilst further advice is sought.

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In October 2007, one of the U-12 players recieved a serious injury during a match caused by a "blade boot". The player had a three day stay in hospital, and had to have plastic surgery to repair the damage to his knee.

There is a photograph of the injury that the boy recieved in the link below.

Warning
GRAPHIC IMAGE OF INJURY-
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The club (who the lad played for) have written a letter stating that they have banned the boots from their club, but do not have authority to make the opposition do the same.

They have asked that Blade Boots are banned from the game.

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Of course there is the issue that many parents have spent up to £100 for these type of boots for their children over the Christmas period, and this should not be forgotten.

However, there is growing concern about these type of boots, not only in Rugby League but also in Rugby Union and Football...

please look at the links below.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/4277722.stm

http://ccwcb.blogspot.com/2006/06/blades-sinners-or-saints.html



WARNING THE LINK BELOW CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES OF INJURIES



http://www.geocities.com/sandalminis/Blades-01.html


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Admin: - please give us your thoughts on this important issue, and registered users can also vote on the opinion poll...

(note: Results of opinion polls are purely for interest to our members and are not designed to influence or determine BARLA policy making)
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Post by Lee Marchant Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:07 am

It would be nice if we could have some thoughts on this current and important topic from the members,

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Post by once a ref Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:24 am

Bladed boots should be banned completely from all sports.

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Post by samsung Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:50 am

My club banned the use of "blades" in training and all games, at all age groups in 2005. This was due to an injury one of our players received which, actually, put him out of the game. We obviously couldn't ban the use of "blades" at our ground by opponents - but we did seek support from the league involved and BARLA. Nothing happened then to support us (although our ban is still in force).

They must be banned NOW. None of this shilly-shallying around.

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Post by evergreen Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:23 pm

I disagreed with the way this issue was dealt with before Christmas but wouldn't have a problem with a ban that came in from the start of next season - with plenty of time to prepare.

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Post by ban ki-moon Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:48 pm

Along with Land mines, this is top of the UN's current agenda
Bladed boots should be banished from the pages of history.

On a more serious note, the boots should be phased out before next season

diplomatically put, of course

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Post by once a ref Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:54 pm

Time to prepare? Phased in? They should be banned immediately, how many injuries will occur whilst the preparers and phasers save up for a pair of boots? Mad

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Post by pandasdad Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:28 pm

Too many fence squatters!

The Christmas issue is transient, but could have been avoided by somebody having the balls to make a decision during last year. Nobody will convince me that there is any necessity to pay £100 for a pair of boots. My lad has been selected for England U16s and has never had a pair of boots costing more than £40!

There is no doubt in my mind that blades should be banned from all sports, but why are we waiting for somebody else to take the lead? Ban them now and be leaders, not followers!

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Post by Paul Stephenson Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:43 am

Interestingly, looking at the laws of our game and those pertaining to equipment, most noteably the size of studs, have those style of studs traditionally referred to as blades EVERY been legal in Rugby League? Question

I did ask RLS to issue those same rules to all (rather than exchange legal letters) at the December meeting of the youth leagues. Idea
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Post by Sam Armstrong Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:43 am

pandasdad wrote:My lad has been selected for England U16s and has never had a pair of boots costing more than £40!
Isn't that more to do with you constantly forgetting the combination to your wallet??? clown
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Post by mick doyle Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:23 am

We need to have clear leadership from the RFL ,I think there is enough clear evidence to outlaw these type of boots ,or are the RFL not relishing a legal challange from the boot manufactures Question

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Post by pandasdad Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:35 am

Sam Armstrong wrote: Isn't that more to do with you constantly forgetting the combination to your wallet??? clown

19 digit codes are so hard to remember!!

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Post by evergreen Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:16 pm

once a ref wrote:Time to prepare? Phased in? They should be banned immediately, how many injuries will occur whilst the preparers and phasers save up for a pair of boots? Mad

I know players who have played in blades for 7/8 years yet I have been lucky enough to never witness an injury caused by them. The same players buy new boots each season - tell them that blades aren't allowed next season and there won't be a problem, as oppose to before Christmas when because of the weather they'd only played 6 games in their new boots and were being told to buy more.
Just because I haven't seen injuries doesn't mean I don't believe they happen. I've never been run over by a car but I know it happens! The game is a hard and tough. If we can do anything to make it safer then it should be seriously considered and action should be taken.

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