As far as I know there has never been a ban on snapping the flyers. As far as I know there will not be a ban put in place. The tree was hit to hard this weekend and maintance trimmed the tree. They did this to prevent damage to the eagles. The branches on the tree have been hit the past few weekends, and that one hit finished it. Snapping is fine, just please be carefull and do not try to take the tree out.