In another post i noticed talk about trying to ban or keep banned metal cleats? what is regarded as a metal cleat and are we talking about the same thing when i talk about mountain bike cleats???
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Metal Cleats
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i think it goes something like if you have any metal in your shoes that can be interpreted as cleats theyre not allowed...
I believe it was put in place to avoid damage to the airball fields that everyone was switching to at the time ...
Simply, the difference is the amount of damage a metal cleat as opposed to rubber, plastic etc, can make. Firstly, metal is much more likely to damage sup'air bunkers. Secondly it'll rip up the surface much more, especially as some fields these days are on astroturf (e.g. at Campaign) which will take permanant damage from metal cleats.
Cleats
Basically, if you have metal baseball 'spikes' which are not studs like football/rugby boots, they are flat metal plates, they can tear the bunkers and rip up the astroturf, hence, we made players change shoes at campaign.
hope this clrears things up
Basically, if you have metal baseball 'spikes' which are not studs like football/rugby boots, they are flat metal plates, they can tear the bunkers and rip up the astroturf, hence, we made players change shoes at campaign.
hope this clrears things up
You will find that all metal studs,blades, cleats or spikes will be banned as the all have the same potential to cause damage either to the playing surface or the bunkers. Plus they are not very good on very hard surface, so your safety is at risk.