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Originally posted by akalsey
If a player gets hit in the throat and collapses his airway, stopping play and getting him help 10 seconds earlier is not going to matter. This is a situation that requires trained medical personel and unless they're sitting outside the gate, those extra 10 seconds won't help.
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Agreed. And I'll add that there's a difference between "stopping play" and "getting help". That is, I won't penalize the coach / trainer / mom from coming onto the field (in the more serious cases) as long as they don't interfere with the play that's ongoing. In most cases, by the time the "help" gets into a position wherer there *could* be interference, the play has stopped onit's own anyway.
I've forgotten the original play, but it seems to me that it's possible that play had stopped (i seem to recall some statement like, "the ball was lying at F2's feet and R1 was not advancing"). In that case, I think it's okay to call time. If my recolection is not correct, then I'd leave the play alive.