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Harjinder: I've been running the league for 13 years.Have you ever had any difficulties with wearing a turban during a match?
No, not at all.What kind of incidents could arise?
I haven't seen anything happen. But sometimes people have difficulty heading the ball.Right. That’s a problem—but you’re only harming your own ability to execute a sweet header. How can you work around that?
Well, we can put on a smaller turban, then there’s no problem at all. I have some boys who play in the Ontario provincial leagues and they have no problems with heading or anything.Could it be an unfair advantage? I mean, it could give the player a bit of extra height when going up for a header, no?
No. No not at all because you're heading with you forehead, not with the turban.What about instances where the turban unravels? Couldn't that get caught around someone neck and choke them out?
No. Never, like I've been running the club for 13 years and I've never ever had any difficulties or anything.
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Never.How is the turban tied down? Is there a pin or anything? Could the pin be dangerous?!
No it's tied at the back. There's no pin.What if a player had really long hair that didn’t fit under his turban so when he ran around his hair whipped around and hit people in the eye?
No, no, not at all. A lot of kids who play soccer have long hair and they use a headband and that's allowed.So this is probably obvious, but what's your opinion on what's happened in Quebec?
I never see any problems or difficulties from turban wearing soccer players. I don't know why they banned turbans. Soccer is probably the cheapest game. Immigrant people can play. If you play hockey or something it's so expensive, a lot of people can't afford it. That's why soccer is the best game and everyone should be able to play it.What would you do if you were living in Quebec right now?
In my opinion? I would open my own club and Sikhs can come play better soccer than everyone else, to prove my point.Is there any situation whatsoever where a turban could cause problems on the pitch?
No I don't think so. You might have problems with the big turban. There are two kinds of turbans, if you're wearing a big turban then yeah, you might have problems. But, the small bandanas, you will have no problems at all because if you wear a big turban you can't even run. All the soccer players just wear a small turban.
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No not at all.I wonder if someone who's inexperienced, playing in a house league would wear a bigger turban?
No. In my experience I've never seen a person wear one. It's too hard; it's hard to run, because it can fall off.The turban could?
Yeah, the big turban.Want to talk about it? Reach Ken on Twitter: @kjrwallMore on Quebec's problems:The Murderer Who Escaped in Montreal Is Still MissingTeenage Riot: Montreal - Part 2