Please share your knowledge. I easily found the no casts rule. However, what/where is the rule about splints after the cast is removed?

If it can be removed on the spot (like a brace), it's Ok.

A hard plastic or metal splint is basically the same as a cast. About the best you can do is to tape the broken finger to the one next to it for the game, and then put the splint back on after the game.

A cast is a cast.
A brace (knee or otherwise) is NOT a cast.

nothing that is hard or unforgiving is permitted. Just think of the damage that would cause when stuck in someones eye.

you're watching too many movies.

but if it can happen it will and I am sure you have never been accidentally poked in the eye. ;(

A kid can also hit his/hear head against the goalpost or get pushed and fall on a corner flag post. It can happen but we still play the game.

As goal posts and corner flags are necessary parts of the game. A splint is not so you LOSE!

It is not about the need but the risk. The RISK of the post injury is much higher than any stupid splint or brace. It is therefore a reasonable risk and most reasonable people will agree.

You would suffer more damage with the a fingernail, than a smooth splint.

kick your @$$ first! You have more control of your finger when you don't have a cumbersome splint attached to it. Does that compute?

...When you play with an injury, you actually place more control over the injured portion of you body, so as not to re-injure it.

From the comfort of your Lazy-Boy, you may have hear TV announcers call it "favoring". If you had ever played soccer before (especially playing injured), you would have never such a !@#$ comment.

Relax, don't spill your Martini, in a rush to click that "Respond to this message". It's no big deal. You've been outed. Just live with it!

Actually I played professionally and if someone has a finger injury there is no favoring that type of ailment. Put some tape on it at best and play the game unless you are a real man then you grin and bear it. The bottom line is that you cannot play with a splint on or a cast so just get over it. Sorry that the best level of soccer that you have ever played was in you mind. Yes, I broke my finger so I am going to FAVOR my other ones on the soccer field. Now that is just plain STUPID!

It is more likely that someone will be injured by a player with a splint on his/her finger than a player colliding with the post or a corner flag. Think about it!

Do not splint your childs finger to play. If they were to fall on it, it could do more damage than the original injury. Tape it good and hope for the best. Better yet let them sit out until completly healed.

The player's healing should come before the parent's palying through the child.

The no casts makes it easier for us and for you. But any brace, splint or wrap that we (refs) feel might endanger the player or other players can be disallowed. The final decision is up to the ref and there may be some inconsistency here. I will not allow a player with a splint to play.

What are the characteristics of a finger splint that make it so dangerous as to have you not allow it on the field?

GYSA doesnt...tape the finger up good and hope for the best!

If it is hard and unforgiving then the player doesn't play if I am the center ref

NFHS rules require the player to provide a doctor's note clearing the player to play. After that, the cast needs to be properly padded so as to provide an adequate degree of protection.

If that's all done, the high school player may play.