Concussion Rule in Ohio

[JRutledge]

I do not care what the protocol is or isn't. The protocol that asks officials to go out of their way to be apart of an observation of a concussion is stupid. Even in my state we are only responsible for what we observe. If we do not observe anything, we are not responsible for taking a player out of the game. And then the law in our state puts the responsibility on the people that can make a decision and that is the medical personnel. They can even send back in a player if a player has been shown to not have a concussion. They do not put this on the officials to do anything but make the medical personnel aware of a possible situation. And the state trusts and puts their liability in the people that have the training to come to that conclusion. There were a lot of times a kid has gone off the field and we had no idea why. That is the way it should be. I do not care what the stupid protocols in your state say if they are not realistic in the first place. And if the only way anyone knows this kid played with a concussion was by what was stated after the game or what was observed on the sidelines, that is the hole in that law clearly.

Peace