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We are talking about legal minors here, correct? The sole purpose of the waiver is two fold, first (but sometimes this is ommited) to release from financial liability the School and all named in the form. Second, to give permission for medical treatment as necessary to be rendered to a minor in the absence of the parent in a case where the parent is not present to give such permission in person. In most States (if not all), medical treatment cannot legally be rendered to a minor unless the injury is clearly life threatning. Essentially without direct parent permission, or the legal signed consent form, they have to be unconscious, or bleeding out. Hence the Medical Waiver is necessary to administer treatment. In no way is a consent form intended nor shall ever be interpreted to hold more weight than the actual parent. Cheagle- if the HS team Doctor is the top neuro surgeon in the country and the kid is unconscious on the floor, and Dad comes over picks kid up and takes kid to the hospital, the only thing everyone else in the building can, or should do is get the HE- double hockey sticks- out of the way! May not be the smartest thing to do, but NO PIECE OF PAPER holds more weight or power than thge parent. Not even the official scorer who apparently memorizes rule books, LOL

As for penalizing a team, or kicking a parent out of a game because the parent came down from the stands to check on their hurt child, well you can do that if you choose, and I can consider you to be a bloody moron if I choose for doing that, or even suggesting in a thread that you would.