NEW Case Book ruling!!!

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

I wouldn't start any time-out or intermission period until the injury situation has been resolved.

Originally Posted by just another ref

You're going to enforce the 30 second limit to replace this injured player during halftime? During the intermission, he is not a player, he is bench personnel. 4-34-1 & 4-34-2

You make an good point about the definition of a player and his status during the halftime intermission. There is no disputing that.

However, we need to consider some other things too.

1. When does the halftime intermission start? Normally it starts with the ending of the second quarter. If someone is injured on that final play, is this still the case?

2. What was the status of the kid at the time he became injured? Let's see the ball was live during the 2nd quarter...seems like he was a player.
Does that matter?
3-3-5 says "a player who has been injured." Has been is past tense. Should 3-3-5 apply to him or does his status immediately revert to bench personnel with the sounding of the horn (ending of the try for goal), and thus this kid is a team member who is being treated on the court by bench personnel? These are definitely questions that we should attempt to answer in striving to make the correct ruling.

3. What if the situation takes 20 minutes to resolve? Let's say that the player hit his head and they won't risk moving him until the trainer on site says he can get up. Furthermore, suppose that the kid turns out to be ok and those treating him were just being extra cautious. Can he now take the court to start the 3rd quarter? The team trainer/doctor says that it is fine.