Rule change on injury and blood

[Brian Watson]

Originally posted by BktBallRef
We had our state rules clinic today. The blood/injury rule change was the first thing he discussed. In a nutshell:

Whether it takes 15 seconds or 15 minutes to remove the player from the court, the coach can request a TO and keep the player in the game.

If at the end of the TO, the player is unable to play, the coach may subsitute for him/her, even though the 45 second warning horn has sounded. No other substitution can be made by either team.

If two teammates are injured, 1 TO buys both of them a ticket back into the game.

If both teams have a player injured, such as Padgett's post from a couple of days ago, each team would have to use a TO to keep their player in the game.

The coach can burn an excessive TO to keep the player in the game.

Our state interpreter is taking the stance that since the fed does not set a time limit (like volleyball does) then it could be 30 minutes on the floor, burn the TO, stay in the game. Once they make it to the bench or safely out of bounds, resume play or call the TO.