Tracheotomy tube allowed?

[dpk933]

Back when I was coaching I had a player with a shunt. It was to help drain fluid from the brain. I always kept the medical documentation with me clearing him to play.

The other night I had a player with a hard cast. During warmup I call him over to look at his hand. Under the tape is a hard cast. I tell the coach he can't play. He says to me but he has played the last six games and no one stopped him. The kid walks over to the bench and takes the cast off and retapes his hand. I was stunned.