ok, when you create a link:
[url=http://www.gizmo-is-the-bestest.us/]Gizmo Rules[/url]
It is automatically created (by the BBCode parser) with the norel attribute.
If you allow HTML, and users insert the link:
<a href="http://www.gizmo-is-the-bestest.us/">Gizmo Rules</a>
the norel attribute will not be attached as it puts the content in as specified.