injury Ft question

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by representing

One last thing, one of the two or three the referees on the court must "witness" the unconsciousness of a player. If none of them sees it, then the player got away with it. Happened to my sister, she was knocked unconscious after hitting her head hard on the floor when she fell during one game, but was out for only a few seconds. Neither referee at that game saw it before running to where she was laying. She got lucky with that one and was back in the game a few minutes later.

Incorrect. The officials do not have to "witness" the action that caused the player to become apparently unconscious. Although, I would hope they would...

All 3-3-8 says is the following:

A player who has been determined apparently unconscious shall not return to play in the game without written authorization from a physician (MD/DO).

It says nothing about seeing the action that caused the player to be unconscious. Regardless of what happens, if the officials deem a player to have been apparently unconscious they are done for the day unless they get written authorization from a physician.