Footballers banned from wearing 'dangerous' snoods

AP, Saturday 5 Mar 2011

Carlos Tevez, Sami Nasri and others will be feeling the chill in future after football's rule-makers banned players from wearing neck warmers from July 1

Tevez  & Nasri

FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Saturday that snoods are "dangerous _ it can be like to hang somebody." Snoods became popular in the Premier League this season, with Tevez at Manchester City and Nasri at Arsenal among its wearers.

After the International Football Association Board meeting at Celtic Manor in Wales, Blatter stressed that "there was not even a discussion because this is not part of the uniform."

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