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Concussions POE Only Pertained To School Personnel ...
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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Allow the athlete to return to play only with permission from an appropriate health care professional.
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
The Action Plan is not a rule it is a guideline for coaches and school personnel to follow. Officials do not get involved in this aspect of this information.
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
It was made clear to us that this was about the coaches and the schools and training staffs, not the officials. Officials do not tell someone they have a concussion and not allow players to play as a result.
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
They were things to help coaches, players and trainers identify concussions and what they should do in the case they think a player has received one.
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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
The position of the NFHS on concussions has not changed. Therefore, if a player does suffer a concussion during a contest that directive would apply, and the game official has the obligation to not allow the person back in without proper permission.
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
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.
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Maybe this was not clear in your area, but other than this board, I have never heard anyone suggest that we should do anything with this at all in any of my sports.This is why I say this is only a guideline for the coaches and schools, not for us.
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When this concussions POE first came out, we were told, by our local interpreter, to treat concussions exactly like we had previously treated unconscious players. Some of us questioned this. At the next local meeting, after consulting with the Connecticut state interpreter, who had consulted with the NFHS, we were told that the concussions POE only pertained to school personnel, and did not pertain to officials. The only documentation on this that I have is from my handwritten notes from the two meetings, but I'm 100% sure of the updated interpretation.
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