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Originally Posted by parepat
great idea to have people who are not medical professionals, nor familiar with the behaviors of the players making decisions about excluding them from the game. "I don't know your kid, so I don't know how he normally acts. I also, am not a medical professional, but I think he can't play 10% of his season. (1 game) Oh, and by the way, the people that do know your kid (yparent, coach) and the medical professionals (doctor, trainer) can do nothing about it.
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If a player's normal demeanor is slurred speech, disoriented, confused, etc........then he has no business being out there in the first place. In the unlikely event that this is normal, (it's not normal) the coach should alert us to this prior to the game.