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Beach superintendent says no mouth guards for soccer

13 Feb, 2008

The superintendent of Virginia Beach public schools has reversed course and decided that he won’t require the city’s interscholastic soccer players to wear mouth guards. In an e-mail received Monday by high school principals in the district, Dr. James Merrill said “the very clear majority” of soccer parents opposed the use of mouth guards by their children and there would be no such requirement for Virginia Beach soccer players. Merrill’s decision comes after his proposal to require the guards in January met with outcry from the soccer community and parents of players.
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