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The new rules deals with tinted shields, but what about goggles? I understand that goggles are legal, but I believe that the spirit of the rules was not to allow the shielding of the eyes?
We have a player that is using tinted goggles and our feeling is if he his injured we are not going to allow him to re-enter the game without a doctor's note because of safety reasons. We are unable to see his eyes then possibility exist that he may have been momentarily unconscious. Any thoughts??
I don't think the shield rule is based on the players not being able to see another players eyes. From a medial perspective, the last thing you want to do to a player if you think he has a neck injury is to remove the helmet. So if he has a tinted shield on you won't be able to do evaluate the eyes what are one of the signs you look at when evaluating unconsciousness. If the player is wearing goggles that are tinted and you belived he's unconscious, as a medical person, you don't even have to remove them all you have to do is push them up or down or cut the strap if you have to and then you'll have unrestricted access.
I don't think that the rules will back you up if you keep him out just because you couldn't see his eyes. The eyes are only one clue, there are several others that you can evaluate that will help more that just looking at his eyes. Nothing that I can find address the googles. It only specifically talks about tinted shields.
Good luck with this.
Visual clues for officials are important, how many are aware that White or clear colored mouthpieces are illegal?
We need to spot a kid playing without a mouthpiece, for his own protection, the rules is designe dto assist us in protecting the kid.