The FA has ruled that the wearing of a box during a game of football does not constitute legal playing attire, and as such anyone wearing one is not permitted to play. Older players like Heybridge Gardens FC's Tommy Oatley cannot in good presence of mind continue to play the game with their testicles unprotected, running as they do, so low to the ground. It it dangerous and represents a serious health hazard every minute that he spends on the field without his groin protected. The sight of Tommy wreathing in pain in floor struck by yet another wayward boot or misplaced pass is no laughing matter, and it's time we reverse the awful, ageist decision from the FA.