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Originally Posted by MCBear
Let your Umpire/R2 handle it. As Referee/R1, you are an information collector so stay on the stand and let others do their jobs.
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NFHS Rule 5.3.3.18 Referee Responsibilities: "The referee shall determine if a player is unconscious or apparently unconscious."
NFHS Rule 5.4 Umpire Responsibilities has "no mention" of these duties, nor any guidance towards that duty.
NFHS Rule 5.4.3a: "The umpire shall assist the referee by ruling upon situations which are clearly out of the referee's view." But the injured player is NOT "clearly out of the referee's view."
By the book, I see this as a clearly defined Referee duty. MCBear, maybe you can help clarify your reasoning. Logic leads me to wanting it be an Umpire duty, but the rules say differently.
Additionally, I can't remember about IHSA (NFHS), but definitely USAV & PAVO made it crystal clear "Do NOT touch the injured player" and I have followed that guidance implicitly. The only exception would be for life-saving measures. Ironically, NFHS wants us to "determine if a player is unconscious"... wouldn't that require us to touch the injured player?
(I hear some needed NFHS Rulebook changes/clarifications on the horizon)