Injured Player out for one "Down"

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by verticalStripes

Does this injured player have to sit out the next snap because the down is being replayed?

Agree with bison: no.

[RedCashions]

So with the accepted penalty the down is not replayed!?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by RedCashions

So with the accepted penalty the down is not replayed!?

That doesn't follow. Of course the down is replayed. That wasn't the question.

[RedCashions]

Rule 3-5-10 states that...." the player shall be replaced for at least one down, unless half-time or an over-times intermission occurs" Rule 9-6-4b also addressed the requirement for an injured player to be replaced for at least one down. So the way I see it if the down is replayed he cannot reenter.

IMHO

[BIG UMP]

I agree that he can come back in. Read the definition of a down the snap has occurred and the play declared dead.

[InsideTheStripe]

Originally Posted by RedCashions

Rule 3-5-10 states that...." the player shall be replaced for at least one down, unless half-time or an over-times intermission occurs" Rule 9-6-4b also addressed the requirement for an injured player to be replaced for at least one down. So the way I see it if the down is replayed he cannot reenter.

IMHO

In my opinion, you are reading way too much into this. I wouldn't want to be on the field and associated with this interpretation in any way.

Just because a down is replayed doesn't mean a down didn't occur for the purposes of 3-5-10. We know a down was played, otherwise it wouldn't need to be REplayed. The requirement doesn't read "the player shall be replaced for at least one down in which a penalty for a foul on the injured players team is accepted, unless half-time...".

Taken to the extreme:

What if it was the defensive team's star middle linebacker that got dinged? Are you really not going to let him back in after an accepted hold on the offense? When the offense scores on the next play, good luck with that defensive coach.

[HLin NC]

But what is the definition of a down?

SECTION 7 DOWN – LOSS OF DOWN
ART. 1 . . . A down is action which starts with a legal snap (beginning a
scrimmage down) or when the ball is kicked on a free kick (beginning a free-kick down). A down ends when the ball next becomes dead.

Did we have a legal snap? Yup Did the ball next become dead? Yup
The down occurred. Repeating it is a part of the penalty assessment

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

But what is the definition of a down?

SECTION 7 DOWN – LOSS OF DOWN
ART. 1 . . . A down is action which starts with a legal snap (beginning a
scrimmage down) or when the ball is kicked on a free kick (beginning a free-kick down). A down ends when the ball next becomes dead.

Did we have a legal snap? Yup Did the ball next become dead? Yup
The down occurred. Repeating it is a part of the penalty assessment

Exactly, the down was played. The fact that it has to be replayed does NOT mean the down did not occur. If the down didn't occur, there would be no foul, no penalty, no enforcement, and no replay.