FIFA to ban snoods?

[Holtenderinthesky]

I love the way they're acting on it just as summer is about to kick in (well, for most of Europe anyway). 

[mikeb1982]

Apparently it's because there is a danger of strangling when a player is running at speed.  Is that why Young hasn't been skinning anyone this year?

[Bad English]

"The International FA Board has announced that the wearing of snoods in matches will be banned from 1 July"

I might have missed something, but is there any logical reason to ban them beyond "they look a bit wussy"?

Dangerous apparently, you can strangle someone with one or something.

You could probably beat someone to death with a shinpad if you really wanted to.

True. I reckon you could wreak some havoc by kicking someone in the balls with your studs too.

[AV1874]

As said previously good to see FIFA focusisng on the important things.

With regards to the comments about the tight shirts, even as a ref, I wear SKINS underneath my uniform as compression garments - I have short sleeved top, shorts and the "sox". They make for much more comfortable refereeing and be it psychological or otherwise I feel they do make an impact in terms of less lactic acid effects after matches. Considering us not so high up the ladder refs can do between 2 to 3 full games Saturday and then the same on Sunday, they do make a difference.