Concussion Rule in Ohio

[Altor]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

For one there are times when we do not even see players actually leave the field.

I just want to point out that the Ohio law does not require an official to keep a removed athlete from returning to competition unless he/she removed them from the contest in the first place (or had knowledge that the player was removed by somebody else for that reason).

I don't think the General Assembly is expecting the officials to know that a coach removed a player for a possible concussion and then sent him back in the game. But, if the official suspects a concussion and has the player removed, that official (and I hope the rest of the crew, whom he should have told) does have a legal duty to see that he stays off the field.

I skimmed over the last page of comments or so in this thread. And I'm not sure anybody has actually said that the officials should have removed him. Bigjohn's beef seems to be against the coaching staff/trainers, which make me wonder why he's posting about it here.