Moulded football boots

[buff]

This issue has come up once again up here and I thought I would ask how you guys deal with it. Do you allow football boots with a moulded stud under the toe? I don't mean a round moulded stud the same shape as a screw in, to me that would be a no-no. I'm talking about something wider, either like a blade across the front of the shoe, or flatter and rounder like a typical soccer cleat, rather than a round stud right in the middle.
Thanks
Bill

 

[Reindeer Flotilla]

By football, do you mean gridiron? If it's a U19 match and it's a tiny moulded stud, and not metal, I'll let it go.

 

[barker14610]

Agreed. What damage can they do to another player?

 

[buff]

By football, do you mean gridiron? If it's a U19 match and it's a tiny moulded stud, and not metal, I'll let it go.

Yup, our football, not the round kind.

 

[Reindeer Flotilla]

Well our football is a little bit different than your football :usa:

 

[DrSTU]

I check that type of boot for sharp edges but see no reason to stop them playing boots like that. It's my job to stop those boots going onto bodies though.

 

[BurritoKing]

Law 4.3 (b) "Moulded rubber multi-studded soles are acceptable provided they have no sharp edges or ridges."

Based on this, we have allowed moulded cleats. The worst thing I have ever seen was a high school kid who had cut the front moulded cleat from his new cleats. He said his coach told him to do it. I suggested his coach buy him a new pair of cleats!