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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
I agreeing with you, but only because the NFHS would probably not read the rules before making a ruling. I know that is a harsh statement to make but that it is what I feel in my old bones. But I still stand my original ruling.
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Mark,let's say you're watching a game where one of your two sons is playing.Your son is sitting on the bench when he is definitely knocked unconscious by the elbow of a player trying to save a ball from going OOB.When he comes to,his coach immediately subs him into the game.The officials allow the substitution.What is your reaction,if any,as a parent? [/B]
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If my son were knocked unconscious as you just described, he would not even be on the bench, therefore the coach would not have the opportunity to consider subbing him into the game. But that is not the point in this case. In the posted play, the unconscious athlete was not a player in the game at the time. The parent made a decision to let his child play after that.
But another question has not been raised in this matter and I hope that refdoc can answer it for us. Two years ago our 11 yr old suffered a minor concussion while shooting hoops with his cousin. He never lost consciousness in the sense that he was in a coma for any time, but about 15 minutes after the incident and while holding an ice pack to his head he asked me how he had hurt his head. He was suffering from short term memory loss and we took him to the hospital immediately for treament. He was not allowed any type of physical sports activity that might incure contact. That meant swim practice was okay but not racing dives and he could do fielding drills only at baseball practice. When a diabetic comes out of his unconscious state after a seizure at the same risk as a player who has just come out of an unconscious state because of being hit in the head? In other words is his brain at more risk of injury from a diabetic seizure as opposed to from being hit in the head?