Concussion Legislation Proposed in Iowa

[Adam]

Originally Posted by ref2coach

Unfortunately it has in TN. TSSAA in it's instructions at the State rules meetings and information passed through the State supervisors has "recommended" that referees not utter the word "concussion" or any variant thereof. I will not be complying if I see a player who exhibits "signs or symptoms" as described in the NFHS online training referenced above.

sounds like the state is ripe for a lawsuit here.

The Iowa law, as explained in the article, seems to be a codification of the NFHS policy. I personally find that to be a silly use of legislative time, but unless there's something in there that's not being reported here, I don't see anything that makes it more likely for an official to get sued.

And it seems to me pretty obvious that my NASO atty could get the case thrown out on the grounds that I'm not a doctor and thus not trained to recognize concussion symptoms.