All teams must now use a standard broom head fabric that wont allow players to manipulate the rock.
Curling broom head controversy.
A recent curling technology summit has resulted in changes to brooms for professional curlers.
The material used in curling broom heads scratched the ice and those grooves allowed the game s top players to sweep and steer the rock as if by remote control.
Curling broom controversy leads to sweeping changes.
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.
Tsn s bob weeks explains.
The curling broom controversy an overview of the issue presented by doug flowers president of goldline curling my first exposure to the curling world was about 50 years ago when my father became manager of a new curling club.