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[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by grunewar

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My P and I stood back and sent the teams to their benches, but kept them on the floor.

Originally Posted by DLH17

.... Coach is summomed, players sent to direction of bench and told to stay on floor.

Why?

You've got a potentially inflamatory situation with the injury. You have a delay of unknown length...but if you've sent them to the bench area, you already have decided it is not going to be quick. For all practical purposes, this is an intermission/timeout. Let them sit if they wish.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

For all practical purposes, this is an intermission/timeout. Let them sit if they wish.

Fair enough. Got it.

[DLH17]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Why?

You've got a potentially inflamatory situation with the injury. You have a delay of unknown length...but if you've sent them to the bench area, you already have decided it is not going to be quick. For all practical purposes, this is an intermission/timeout. Let them sit if they wish.

Why? Standard protocol. Neither my partner nor I knew for sure when it happened if it would be a longer or shorter duration. As the whole scene played out, it did turn into a bit of an extended deal (more than a sprained ankle or a hard fall where the player take a few minutes to gather himself and head off the court), I noticed some of the players took a break for water and may have taken a seat. One or two came back over to check on their teammate. The other team looked on. No big deal.