Head injury

[JRutledge]

If you have no protocals for that level meaning there is no league or association procedures, then you have to protect yourself the best way you can.

We have a state law which means that someone that is an Approved Healthcare Professional has to review any player that has exhibited signs of a concussion, when identified by the officials. If there is no AHP around, we do not allow them to come into the game. And the schools have to have someone in place so that these situations can be reviewed. Otherwise this is not a situation we allow a player to continue.

I had this happen in an AAU game and we refused to allow the player play when they were clearly wobbly and someone out of the stands tried to verify their credentials. It was a tournament and no one associated with the tournament was an official medical person. I stood my ground and got a lot of crap about it, but I was protecting myself not just the player legally.

Peace