Forum | Don't get this going off the pitch with head injuries nonsense by redrickstuhaart

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Don't get this going off the pitch with head injuries nonsense 13:50 - Mar 9 with 241 views

When the "off the pitch for treatment" thing first came on, head injuries were excluded because players should be encouraged to get treatment and checked with a head injury. Now they are penalising them for it- which will encourage players to grin and bear it.

Don't get this going off the pitch with head injuries nonsense on 13:53 - Mar 9 with 224 views

Zx1988

It cuts both ways though, I think.

When the rules were changed so that play would only be immediately stopped for head injuries, there was a massive increase in 'head injuries' that magically resolved themselves once the whistle had been blown.

One could argue that the players/clubs ruined it for themselves by abusing the system.

For me, some of the farces at the World Cup went to show that football needs independent medical staff carrying out concussion assessments, with the power to compel teams to substitute concussed players.

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