Cleat Cover Spats
Cleat cover spats are designed to keep the turf debris out of your boots when playing on artificial turf. Good idea! I hate those little asphalt/rubber bits getting into my boots while I'm refereeing a game.
While I don't see any safety issue with wearing spats it was not so long ago that the color of tape applied to player's stockings came into question and the LOTG had to be updated to address this issue. Law 4 states "socks - tape or any material applied or worn externally...
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