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Old Wed Jun 29, 2016, 12:03pm
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Ohio's law is even worse. Once removed for a suspected concussion, the youth cannot return to play for the rest of the day...even if cleared by a physician. They cannot participate in any contest or practice on the days after until cleared by a physician.
I wouldn't say worse, though it is admittedly more blunt. Given the relative risks of a very small % of unconcussed players missing the rest of the day vs. the much more dangerous risk of early return, I'm fine with it. It's not like we're being asked to diagnose anything or interfere/take over from medical personnel - just that if we see it, the discretion is out of our hands, they have to go see medical personnel and can't come back that day. Again, a blunt instrument - but it does mitigate the rare but potential possibility of a trainer being unduly pressured into a same-day return.

In all the years we've had this law, I've used it a grand total of once - in a youth football game with daddy coaches. It simply isn't an issue for us in school-based athletics with better trained coaches and often on-site trainers.
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