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What do the football law, UEFA, FA and World Rugby texts say to do about kit clashes for colour-blind viewers, which parts are binding, and what checks do they imply?

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Binding text read: IFAB Law 4.3 requires kits that distinguish the teams and officials, without mentioning colour vision. UEFA describes its CVD practice (EURO 2020 kit selections made with teams, e.g. a black away kit for Croatia) as best effort in a news article; the Equipment Regulations article that would carry any rule was not readable. World Rugby's July 2024 document is the one text read that states a policy: for its tournaments from 1 January 2025 a dark primary kit needs a light alternate (and vice versa), with World Rugby directing the kit when a clash is found. Shared checks: greyscale look-alike test, one dark and one light kit, avoid single-colour mid red/orange/green kits, whole-shirt patterns, sock/pitch contrast, number contrast, and approval on physical samples rather than CAD simulations. TV viewing (wide-angle shots, small screens) is named as an aggravating condition, but no inspected text addresses scorebug team-colour chips.

Binding text read: IFAB Law 4.3 requires kits that distinguish the teams and officials, without mentioning colour vision. UEFA describes its CVD practice (EURO 2020 kit selections made with teams, e.g. a black away kit for Croatia) as best effort in a news article; the Equipment Regulations article that would carry any rule was not readable. World Rugby's July 2024 document is the one text read that states a policy: for its tournaments from 1 January 2025 a dark primary kit needs a light alternate (and vice versa), with World Rugby directing the kit when a clash is found. Shared checks: greyscale look-alike test, one dark and one light kit, avoid single-colour mid red/orange/green kits, whole-shirt patterns, sock/pitch contrast, number contrast, and approval on physical samples rather than CAD simulations. TV viewing (wide-angle shots, small screens) is named as an aggravating condition, but no inspected text addresses scorebug team-colour chips. Curator qualifications: All 13 excerpts located; IFAB Law 4.3 binding but silent on colour vision; UEFA/FA/World Rugby practices described as best practice. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.theifab.com/laws/latest/the-players-equipment/",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/026d-132d2f5c6267-59af3a22f107-1000--colour-blind-awareness-day-how-euro-2020-provided-a-clea",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://resources.worldrugby-rims.pulselive.com/worldrugby/document/2024/09/04/93579328-fc9b-49cc-b89a-ca6fab4f3eb7/Colour-Blindness-and-Rugby-Guidance-for-Selecting-Team-Kit-Colours-EN.pdf",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.thefa.com/news/2017/jun/19/colour-blindness-guidance-190617",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/023d-0f8e5697f3d2-0096c9a93584-1000--helping-colour-blind-people-in-football",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    }
  ]
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Evidence claims

  • [sourced_fact] Binding text read: IFAB Law 4.3 requires kits that distinguish the teams and officials, without mentioning colour vision. UEFA describes its CVD practice (EURO 2020 kit selections made with teams, e.g. a black away kit for Croatia) as best effort in a news article; the Equipment Regulations article that would carry any rule was not readable. World Rugby's July 2024 document is the one text read that states a policy: for its tournaments from 1 January 2025 a dark primary kit needs a light alternate (and vice versa), with World Rugby directing the kit when a clash is found. Shared checks: greyscale look-alike test, one dark and one light kit, avoid single-colour mid red/orange/green kits, whole-shirt patterns, sock/pitch contrast, number contrast, and approval on physical samples rather than CAD simulations. TV viewing (wide-angle shots, small screens) is named as an aggravating condition, but no inspected text addresses scorebug team-colour chips. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts source

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