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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
The point is simply that the NFHS doesn't want the player to return to the game without permission from an appropriate health care professional.
That is what the NFHS wrote in its rules book back in 2006-07.
How the official goes about enforcing that is a gray area, but there is no question that doing so is proper, which is what both of you stated was wrong.
Of course, I'm not going to go diagnose such as I'm not qualified for that and so recognize that this directive is problematic for game officials.
However, if I am informed that a player sustained a concussion at some point during the game, then it is my duty to ensure that the appropriate permission is obtained before permitting that person to return to action.
The person who posted that sentiment is 100% correct and the two of you told him otherwise.
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I cannot speak for where you live. But every single rules meeting that I attended that year in all my sports, this was in every single rulebook. And it was also stated that this was not for the officials, it was for the coaches and school representatives that also have to attend those meetings. A couple of meetings I went to there were no coaches or school representatives present, so the interpreters moved on by only mentioning how this was for coaches and school representatives. Having had friends in football get concussions, the only way I figured this out was by talking to them directly. And when both repeated themselves during a playoff game we were losing and all the starters were out of the game, it was clear something was wrong. I would have never had that much interaction with a player in a basketball or football setting. And in many cases I may never talk to most baseball players. And neither of my friends were knocked out of the game or taking off the field. Even in football we might only know if a player comes up wobbly after a hit of some kind. We may never know in basketball where you may have a concussion with not many “visible” signs.
Peace