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I haven't seen full metal for a while. I still see ceramic tipped, aluminum tipped plastic and plastic. My guess is very few kids will have them unless they come from a place that rains alot and has grass.
IFAB has no current law. IFAB is concerned with safety in how the law is written so its really about a studs that are sharp, craked, or boogered up. These would be unsafe and should not be allowed by the ref, regardless of the league rule on metal...
If it's true Washington does not allow you metal that's a local league rule, just like high school, NCAA, AYSO.
In light of the last few topics that were field related I'll add this to the mix.
ECNL added 60 + teams to the Champions League games over last year. They also added ECRL games into the same event.
There will be over 600 games played on 24 fields in a place that gets rain 180 days a year. So if you ever go to Surf Cup or Norco events and are disappointed at the fields on by day 4 just wait.
When I looked at it the U15 Round of 16 final that is played on field 1 this particular game will be the 35th game played on that field. I doubt the fields will last that long.
ECNL had to take fields out of commission in Florida Nationals last year because of drainage and being torn up. The result was canceling games that didn't send teams to Virginia and trying to prioritize games that would have scout attendance. .
I hope they are contingency planning or at least thinking through 'what ifs" . I'll be there with a whistle this year. I havent seen the fields but based on what i've heard there are a handful of us officials that think the U13, U14 games could get end up stopping the end of group play, which is 3 games which would leave ECNL scrambling with the DOCs of the 16 teams on how they are going to manage 16 teams in Virginia vs. the original 8.
Hanging up my whistle on 6/28 after 26 years.
IFAB has no current law. IFAB is concerned with safety in how the law is written so its really about a studs that are sharp, craked, or boogered up. These would be unsafe and should not be allowed by the ref, regardless of the league rule on metal...
If it's true Washington does not allow you metal that's a local league rule, just like high school, NCAA, AYSO.
In light of the last few topics that were field related I'll add this to the mix.
ECNL added 60 + teams to the Champions League games over last year. They also added ECRL games into the same event.
There will be over 600 games played on 24 fields in a place that gets rain 180 days a year. So if you ever go to Surf Cup or Norco events and are disappointed at the fields on by day 4 just wait.
When I looked at it the U15 Round of 16 final that is played on field 1 this particular game will be the 35th game played on that field. I doubt the fields will last that long.
ECNL had to take fields out of commission in Florida Nationals last year because of drainage and being torn up. The result was canceling games that didn't send teams to Virginia and trying to prioritize games that would have scout attendance. .
I hope they are contingency planning or at least thinking through 'what ifs" . I'll be there with a whistle this year. I havent seen the fields but based on what i've heard there are a handful of us officials that think the U13, U14 games could get end up stopping the end of group play, which is 3 games which would leave ECNL scrambling with the DOCs of the 16 teams on how they are going to manage 16 teams in Virginia vs. the original 8.
Hanging up my whistle on 6/28 after 26 years.
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