zarathustra
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Totally disagree, sorry. As referee its not up to you to decide based on weather conditions what players can wear ?
On your rationale, you would allow running shoes on a nice sunny day yet if the park gets saturated say, 50-60 mins mark, you going to stop game and force players to change footwear? Sorry, that's not in the referees remit !!
I referee in black running shoes sometimes. If I can referee in them, and run more and twist and turn more than a player, then how can anyone stop a player from wearing them !!
That is different, and this is a hypothetical situation.
Running trainers (not cross country style ones) have minimal grip, and on wet grass that diminishes even further, as a referee my prime responsibility is player safety, and I need to not only protect other players, but also protect players from themselves.
I would rather have an annoyed player/team than a broken ankle or dislocated knee.