Slashing A1 with ball dived into a crowd. A finger, an elbow, a shoulder, or something went into his eye and a soft contact lens came out. No foul called and Team A is awarded the ball out of bounds.
[Play stoppage looking for contact]
A1 went to bench with watering eye while others looked on the floor.
Coach B wants A1 (the Team A stud) replaced instead of being allowed to continue. Coach A wants A1 back in the game without having to re-enter.
My thoughts: Eye wear is allowed to be replaced. This is not injury or blood to buy with a time-out.
As I am appeasing both of the coaches, the ripped contact was found and the player had no replacement lens. Eye was still watering and he wanted to sit. Long and short of it was that the situation fixed itself.
I would have been willing to allow a replacement lens and the player to return without sitting if the replacement could have been put in "immediately". (Immediately would have been my judgement.)
However, since we had used a few minutes of post-game time, I was inclined to and did ask the Coach for a substitute, which he did provide.
I ask for guidance on this subject.
mick
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