Scarfs dangerous to health? FIFA member slams medics

May 26, 2012 04:29

Hitting out at FIFA's medical advisers, Prince Ali of Jordan said he was disturbed by their tests which could prevent Muslim women football players from wearing headscarves to respect their cultural tradition.

The FIFA board member said he was "quite shocked" to hear its medical advisers describe two scarf designs as a danger to health.

"I'm usually not very emotional but I was very disturbed by the comment," said Prince Ali, who has pushed efforts to reverse a FIFA ban on headscarves imposed for safety reasons in 2007.

Prince Ali won praise from FIFA's rules-making body after presenting his case in March. The panel, known as IFAB, said it intended to approve the scarves for use but asked for a final medical opinion ahead of a scheduled July 5 meeting in Zurich.

However, FIFA's medical committee chairman Michel D'Hooghe said on Thursday that female players wearing the scarves could sustain head and neck injuries, or overheat.

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