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Fri Jan 17, 2014, 11:09 PM Jan 2014

Jessie Vetter’s Olympic hockey mask has U.S. Constitution removed

Words from the U.S. Constitution have been taken off U.S. goalie Jessie Vetter‘s Olympic hockey mask that includes actual gold to conform to International Olympic Committee standards.

It is in regard to Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter, which states:

No form of publicity or propaganda, commercial or otherwise, may appear on persons, on sportswear, accessories or, more generally, on any article of clothing or equipment whatsoever worn or used by the athletes or other participants in the Olympic Games, except for the identification – as defined in paragraph 8 below – of the manufacturer of the article or equipment concerned, provided that such identification shall not be marked conspicuously for advertising purposes.

full: http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/16/jessie-vetter-olympic-hockey-helmet-constitution-removed/

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