Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 12:47:18 GMT
Should Clubs be held responsible for Player safety?
Well of course they should and this ruling, although it took nearly 9 years to sort out, could well be a game changer.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-31492095
New rules/guidelines on concussion are being introduced in football in this country. Currently, if a player loses consciousness they need to be removed to the bench/sidelines for observation and can return to play if ok'd by the medical staff. If the club and medical staff could be held liable for any further injury to the player (from the current injury or perhaps from another problem later in the game or perhaps days later?) they will be very reluctant to allow the player back onto the field. And I think thats the right thing to do, remove them from the game. Any loss of consciousness the player is removed from that game. Or, should the teams be allowed to play with 10 men during an enforced 10-15 minutes assessment period? They would still be liable if anything further happened. I think to err on the side of player safety makes the most sense.
www.theguardian.com/football/2013/nov/04/concussion-rules-hugo-lloris-tottenham
As Watson shows though, even full adherence to the FA rules may not act as a defence to a negligence claim if other sports or medical professionals implemented more stringent standards.
For example, any ice-hockey player suspected of concussion in the NHL is removed from the bench to a quiet place so that a full Sports Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT2) test can be administered.
Similarly, the NFL test for American footballers based on the SCAT test typically takes 8-12minutes to complete.
Perhaps most tellingly though, Dr Barry O’Driscoll (formerly the IRB medical advisor) recently stated that “it’s ferocious out there…there is no test that you can do in five minutes that will show that a player is not concussed….to have this acceptable in rugby, what kind of message are we sending out?”
In Ice Hockey
www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=556289
The England FA have gone a step further, starting next season.
"England's Football Association has further tightened its rules, stating that, from next season, players losing consciousness or suffering concussion would not be allowed to play on." This is the correct thing to do IMO!
uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-uefa-rules-doctors-must-decide-cases-concussion-194914512--sow.html
Well of course they should and this ruling, although it took nearly 9 years to sort out, could well be a game changer.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-31492095
New rules/guidelines on concussion are being introduced in football in this country. Currently, if a player loses consciousness they need to be removed to the bench/sidelines for observation and can return to play if ok'd by the medical staff. If the club and medical staff could be held liable for any further injury to the player (from the current injury or perhaps from another problem later in the game or perhaps days later?) they will be very reluctant to allow the player back onto the field. And I think thats the right thing to do, remove them from the game. Any loss of consciousness the player is removed from that game. Or, should the teams be allowed to play with 10 men during an enforced 10-15 minutes assessment period? They would still be liable if anything further happened. I think to err on the side of player safety makes the most sense.
www.theguardian.com/football/2013/nov/04/concussion-rules-hugo-lloris-tottenham
As Watson shows though, even full adherence to the FA rules may not act as a defence to a negligence claim if other sports or medical professionals implemented more stringent standards.
For example, any ice-hockey player suspected of concussion in the NHL is removed from the bench to a quiet place so that a full Sports Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT2) test can be administered.
Similarly, the NFL test for American footballers based on the SCAT test typically takes 8-12minutes to complete.
Perhaps most tellingly though, Dr Barry O’Driscoll (formerly the IRB medical advisor) recently stated that “it’s ferocious out there…there is no test that you can do in five minutes that will show that a player is not concussed….to have this acceptable in rugby, what kind of message are we sending out?”
In Ice Hockey
www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=556289
The England FA have gone a step further, starting next season.
"England's Football Association has further tightened its rules, stating that, from next season, players losing consciousness or suffering concussion would not be allowed to play on." This is the correct thing to do IMO!
uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-uefa-rules-doctors-must-decide-cases-concussion-194914512--sow.html