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In our local kids rec league, we have a coach's meeting prior to the season starting. One of the topics I cover with them is player safety. I tell them it's the number one priority and nothing else is even close. This is just a rec league for kids to have fun and if we think a kid is injured we stop play immediately. I tell the coaches we will do this even if there's three seconds left in the game, a team is down by one point and one of their players has an uncontested breakaway layup. I then tell them that if there's anyone here who disagrees with this philosophy, they shouldn't be coaching in this program. We instruct all our refs to officiate in this manner. In all my years here, never had a problem with this policy.
And yes - the kids' parents can come out on the floor.
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