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Originally posted by Warrenkicker
If the player is wearing no illegal equipment there is nothing we can rule on to say that the player can't play. The coach would be the one who shouldn't allow this player to play but you never know.
I'm not coming up with the actual rule number but it says that if an act is not prohibited by rule then it is legal.
As officials we have no coverage to disallow injured players from playing unless we can say he was unconcience or is still bleeding or still has blood on him.
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I DISAGREE. While specific rule coverage is not provided our mission on the field for every game is the safety of the players.
We can never allow a player to put himself in harm's way.
I am positive in a case such as this every rule interpreter would stand behind you if you refused to allow this player in the game.