1. Could someone please translate the part in red.

2. How do you tell if a player is knocked unconscious in football, since you state that it [suffering a concussion] is more of an issue in that sport?

JRut can correct me if I am wrong, but I think he means if he were a doctor he would not consider how a player fell or ended up on the ground to be a sign of a concussion. Players can hit the ground hard and not get concussed or hit the ground soft and get concussed. You can't tell just from the fall whether a player has a concussion or not -- only the concussion protocol can do that.

PS: Jeez Nevadaref delete some of your PM's already so I can PM you a soccer question.

Players constantly exaggerate the effects of contact by laying on the floor, much in the same manner that George did. Short of actually seeing the knee hit George's head, trainers, in a sport where concussions are not in the forefront like it football, would not jump to unconsciousness.

The question which I asked and to which Rut responded was not if the player was concussed, but if he was unconscious. I don't believe it takes a doctor to determine that!

I'll delete my PMs this weekend.

It takes a doctor to determine or at least a Physical Trainer to determine these things, not an official. Even in the NF policy it only asks officials to remove players from the game, we do not determine if they have or do not have a concussion.

I have had football games where they individual was wobbling off the field when medical personnell attended to them only to be told, "They do not have a concussion." And nothing I saw in this game with George looked any worse or over the top to what I have seen on the football field. And it is very possible that George was concussed and needed to not play, but it sounds like there is very little consideration in basketball as it relates to football.

Peace

It was a typo trying to edit my original comments.

All we do in football (at least at the HS level) is take out players based on the symptoms stated in the guidelines. Football has a lot more heavy collisions and it is often more obvious when players are hurt. And even many contact is not always head related. All we can do is observe behavior and some of the symptoms of concussions are also heat related conditions. After a Health Care Professional sees them, we allow them to tell us if the player is allowed to play. Who that persons are, is up to the IHSA and the school. The IHSA follows up on if state procedures and laws are followed.

Peace

If George was asked the evaluation questions while sitting on the bench and responded "properly" and if he didn't show any signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion why would there have been a need to take him to a quiet place to be examined?

As to "who couldn't tell...(he) was unconscious": Staying down on the court for a long time means there was a loss of consciousness? One of my sons suffered a concussion at 13 while playing baseball (a bat him him in the side of the jaw while he was playing catcher). He didn't show any of the signs/symptoms/behaviors until 45 minutes later when I got him home. It's not an exact science.