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Originally Posted by isualum12

I am an offcial in Idaho where there is a bill going infront of our house right now about more education for officials and coaches around head injuries of athletes......

Athletics coaches and officials would be required to remove players from games who show signs of a concussion, according to a measure aimed at boosting protections for young athletes who suffer head injuries.

Read more here: BOISE, Idaho: Idaho considers changes to state concussion law | Varsity Extra: High School Sports | Idahostatesman.com

I am wondering what the thoughts of other referee's is about this.

My thought is that the bill in Idaho is redundant. There is already an NFHS rule requiring officials to do exactly that. The NFHS put this rule in for all sports last year. Does anyone in the state legislature bother to check if such is already covered in the HS sports rules before introducing legislation?

Here is the text from the basketball rules book:
The officials shall:...

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Immediately remove a player from the game who exhibits signs,
symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion as in 3-3-8. (See NFHS

Suggested Guidelines for Management of Concussion in Appendix D on page 77.)