Missing contact sitch

[mick]

Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
We have two seperate situations in this play:

1) Player who who had a finger stuck in his eye, i.e., injured player.

2) Lost contact.

The question that has to be asked is: Why are we stopping the game? Because the player came out of the stands holding his eye or because he told the officials his contact came out? I would be inclined to stop the game because the player is holding his eye, which would have me leaning toward an injured a player situation.

Having made the decision that I am stopping the game because the player is holding his eye, the contact lense is only a secondary matter. I would treat the player has an injured player and apply the injured player rule in this case.

Mark T.,
And ya know what? I have no idea why the whistle was blown, but next time, per your reasoning, I'm definitely going to find out.
Thanks.
mick