NPPL bans pink paint

[Baca Loco]

Below is portion of a notice sent out today--
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Important Notice Governing the Use of PINK Paint

The insurers of the NPPL have expressed concerns about the staining properties of PINK paint and have withdrawn insurance coverage.
Therefore, for the remainder of the NPPL Super 7 World Series 2004 season teams or athletes will not be able to use PINK Paint.

This action takes effect from now June 7, 2004 until further notice.
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[murat]

Cool, I was complaining about that type of paint since 2 yrs. I hope they will also enforce it in Millenium series

 

[QuackingPlums]

Hey, if we ban mud and grass too then we won't have to wash our kit EVER!

 

[Marc0]

QP ?

You WASH your kit ?

I just leave mine to fester in the boot of the car between tourneys !

If it gets to smelly I dump it in the " magic washing bin " at home to appear two days later washed, ironed and folded neatly in my drawer.

Later

 

[Booya39]

it gets ironed??? what is the point of ironing your 'kit'?

 

[Baca Loco]

Originally posted by Booya39
it gets ironed??? what is the point of ironing your 'kit'?

A lot of Brit ballers have metro-festive tendencies. It comes from dressing up like Mommy as schoolboys.

 

[Manning26]

Sorry, but why exactly is pink being banned? Is orange next? Hey, maybe we can just start shooting 'water-balls' at each other! Yeah, brilliant..... but we should play inside so we don't get grass stains on our clothes. And these unsightly bruises I've got all over, tut-tut.......... I wonder if I can find a Lazer-Tag league in the phone book...

Excuse me while I go hit myself...

 

[Smally85]

Is there not a test that can be done to each batch of paint to ensure that it is not staining and then rule out (or in) that batch of paint, whatever the colour for use in a tourney?
I'm sure I recall this sort of thing being mentioned or used at some point in the last year, but that could just be my imagination

 

[Edd Hobday]

Don't your trousers kinda melt if you iron them, i know the angel ones do (not speaking from experience thank god)

The PA had some problems with staining pink paint at the beginning of the season.

-EDD

 

[Dark Warrior]

The fact is that if it was only one batch of pink made by one manufacturer then things would be cut and dried.
It does appear that over the last year or so various companies have tried the magic pink formula only to find they have produced another staining paint (even after initial successful testing)
And anyway Pink is a shade of Red and Red paint is banned
nuff sed