T Up a Fan?!?

Nevadaref · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 24, 2009, 04:13am

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Originally Posted by just another ref

So you consider when a mom steps out to hold her daughter's hand while she is assisted from the court after tearing her ACL to be unsporting conduct?

Doesn't sound very discreet to me.

If a player tears her ACL, she isn't going to be remaining in the gym anyway.

The general principle is that the playing area, no matter what the sport, is off limits to spectators. Only the game participants, officials, coaches, and medical personnel are to be there. Anyone else who violates this perimeter earns an ejection. That area must be inviolable.

This is the only policy which makes sense in order to ensure the safety of those involved with the contest.

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Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

My only objection here is to the ridiculous notion that by signing a medical waiver I am somehow prohibited from being directly involved in caring for my injured child.

You can be involved as long as you remain outside of the playing area. You can be consulted by those who are present to provide such care.

In the event that the injury is deemed serious, it makes sense to have your participation, but you aren't sticking around for the rest of the contest if you elect to enter the playing area and I am one of the officials.

I can't imagine that you would want to anyway, for if the injury is truly that serious, you would be accompanying your young one to another location for further medical treatment.

just another ref · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 24, 2009, 04:18am

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Originally Posted by Nevadaref

You can be involved as long as you remain outside of the playing area. You can be consulted by those who are present to provide such care.

In the event that the injury is deemed serious, it makes sense to have your participation, but you aren't sticking around for the rest of the contest if you elect to enter the playing area and I am one of the officials.

And on top of this, you would call a team technical?

Nevadaref · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 24, 2009, 04:29am

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Originally Posted by just another ref

And on top of this, you would call a team technical?

If the person came out without the permission of game management--absolutely.

just another ref · #4 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 24, 2009, 04:34am

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Originally Posted by Nevadaref

If the person came out without the permission of game management--absolutely.

I may be wrong again, but I think I speak for us all when I say.......wow.

chseagle · #5 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 24, 2009, 04:59am

What about if the parent requesting to come out onto the court is a Dr./EMT/Nurse or other medical personnel?

What if the student-athlete has several allergies to medications that the parent knows about, but not the coach?

Not every coach is going to know the exact medical histories of all their players, nor will they have such files handy in case of such a situation.

There are extenuating circumstances that would allow parents to come out onto the court in a medical emergency.

Nevadaref · #6 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 24, 2009, 05:03am

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Originally Posted by chseagle

What about if the parent requesting to come out onto the court is a Dr./EMT/Nurse or other medical personnel?

What if the student-athlete has several allergies to medications that the parent knows about, but not the coach?

Not every coach is going to know the exact medical histories of all their players, nor will they have such files handy in case of such a situation.

There are extenuating circumstances that would allow parents to come out onto the court in a medical emergency.

But not rush out on his/her own without proper authorization.

Injuries happen in HS sports. Parents need to understand that when they give permission for their child to participate.

jdw3018 · #7 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 24, 2009, 12:30pm

I have to admit to being surprised by Nevada's take on this. How do we, as officials, judge who is authorized by game management to tend to injuries? If someone comes out of the stands, they could be a local doctor who always helps with injuries as easily as a parent.

I'm with BITS in that I beckon and get away. Game management can take care of who comes on the court.

I'm always interested in how we approach things. Sometimes high school athletics are an extension of the classroom, a place for education where we enforce good sportsmanship and encourage teamwork and positive emotion. Other times we treat the game as so sacrosanct that we would (ask game management to) eject a parent who comes to the court to tend to an injured child and charge that team with a technical foul.