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Originally Posted by Envitro
I don't understand the major issue that needs to be addressed here.
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For me, its that there are obvious parts of the equipment that extent far beyond protecting the player.
Again, the material in a bullet-proof vest isn;t close to as thick as those pads, why to they need to be so big?
Look at his right leg. That extra 8 inches is doing sweet dick all to protect his knee/thigh. It is purely there to block the 5-hole in the butterfly.
The glove cuff does not need to be a 6 inch flat piece of material, it can be contoured to the wrist.
The blocker doesn't need to be 3x the size of a normal glove.
These things are just straight up excessive. For me, it's not about more goals or anything, just about keeping the field fair. And forcing goalies to be more athletic players, than just taking up the net. The technology has come far enough that the material just doesn't need to be as bulky to prevent injury. Look at players, asked to block shots a regular basis, wearing half the gear. Are there injuries? Yes, but usually only in exposed areas (that again, don't need 2 inch thick pads going a few inches out on either side of the leg to be protected).