navi mumbai several children from the economically weaker section were denied entry to the navi mumbai mayors trophy badminton tournament due to lack of the right footwearnavi mumbai sport associations nmsa administration made it compulsory for the participants in the tournament that kicked off on tuesday to wear special gumsole shoes the administration stated that the club spent lakhs of rupees preparing the badminton court turf in vashi which was at par with the international standard facility and ordinary shoes would damage ithence several civic school students who could not afford to buy the shoes were unable to participate despite nmmc being the organizer of the eventa parent of a civic school student said my 17 yearold son is an excellent badminton player but we cannot afford to buy the expensive shoes therefore my son could not display his talenthe added that experts in the sports arena have claimed that at any badminton tournament the players were allowed to play barefoot if they do not have gum sole shoes but nmsa is apparently an exception he added the administration clarified that they could not allow the participants to play bare foot as they would injure their anklesdr dilip rane president nmsa said players need to abide by the rules the organizers need to provide gumsole shoes to the participants who do not have them mayor sudhakar sonawane said he would request concerned additional municipal commissioner to allocate a budget for providing gumsole shoes to those who could not afford them