Curling Broom Head Controversy

Curling broom controversy leads to sweeping changes.

Curling broom head controversy.

That led to tensions between teams and a recent curling technology summit which resulted in a standard broom head fabric that. Tsn s bob weeks explains. Curlers competing in the world curling federation have made a gentlemen s agreement not to use a new type of broom head payne writes pending a decision on the technology by their governing body. All teams must now use a standard broom head fabric that wont allow players to manipulate the rock.

Inside curling s broom controversy brooms with directional fabric heads spark perhaps the most significant equipment controversy the roaring game has ever seen. A controversial forfeit that spurred debate over the role of off ice officials in curling wound up affecting the final outcome of the european curling championships as the norwegian team skipped.