[MR] new elbow armour rule petition

[Hrothgar]

  Padded aventails?? Great Odin's Beard... The world has surely gone mad.... 
They'll change the swords to pool noodles soon, methinks. Death to the 
Chicken Littles! Long live the King!

Hrothgar, the perpetually amazed....



> there are some rule changes that are to take effect in january of 2007 
> that
> effect heavy fighters on the field.  many fighters object to a couple of
> these changes.  we do not believe that our voices will be heard but are
> resolve in our desire to at least attempt to effect change.  in an effort 
> to
> do this i have created an electronic petition urging the current sem to
> allow us to continue in our proven safe practices and not institute 
> further
> restrictions that are clearly not based on anything of merit but rather
> cultural differences and faulty opinion.  this petition involves the
> redundant measure of requiring elbow armour behind shields.  i will be
> producing an additional electronic petition to urge the sem to rescind
> another new rule which requires padding under aventails.  that petition 
> will
> be published soon.
>