Time-out to keep injured player in game NFHS

[sixer]

Who can find for me the reference for what type of time-out (full or 30) needs to be used to keep an injured player in the game?

[Nevadaref]

Either one. The player must simply be ready to go by the end of whichever time-out length is selected.

[grunewar]

As I read Case 3.3.5 Sit B, it just says "the coach may also call a time-out to keep the player in the game." It doesn't stipulate 30 or 60 secs.

[Nevadaref]

When the rule change was introduced back in the 2002-03 season the NFHS made it clear that a team could use either type of time-out.

Comments on the 2002-03 Rules Revisions

Player with blood or injury may remain in game with a time-out (3-3-5 & 6): This change permits a player who is required to leave the game for blood or injury to remain in the game if the team calls a time-out (60 or 30-second) and the situation can be corrected by the end of the time-out. Teams may use successive time-outs to correct the situation if permitted by rule and if adequate time-outs remain.

It was clarified in later years that a team could even take an excessive time-out and suffer the technical foul to keep a player in the game, if desired, as well as that if a player from each team was injured, then each team needed to take a TO to keep its player in (current NOTE to 3-3-6).

[sixer]

(Sigh) That's what I thought. Now I gotta go argue with my interpreter over it. Nevadaref, did you pull the 2002-03 comments from the book of that year or elsewhere? (I need to load my weapon.)

[Nevadaref]

Yep, straight from the 2002-03 rules book on page 70.