Quote ="Keith Swiftcorn"He's got a point.
Do we want to live in a nanny state with so much regulation, red tape and bureaucracy?
There's way too many players trying it on these days. There was a perfect example in the CC Final last year when a player collapsed in the tackle as if he'd been shot, writhing away in career-threatening agony and motioning for a stretcher. Several minutes of boredom were allowed to ensue whilst this particular player's trainer utilised the extended stoppage in play to issue desperate new game plans and instructions. Once that had been done, the player in question made a spritely and remarkable recovery and played on.'"
He has a point, I agree. But it was the way he was saying it. He was saying "if the player wants to get up and get on with it, the physio should let them". But that simply isn't the case, because the physio is trained to look out for the player. The player will be full of adrenaline and not thinking straight, and well, isn't a trained medical professional.
He was complaining about times he'd seen players stretched off, wasting 10 minutes, only to play the next week. Stevo was saying "but what about the times they've been stretched off, and not played again all season?!". I agree with Stevo (never thought I'd say that).
You can't perform a scan/proper tests on the field. You have to assume worst case scenario until you know anything else. If a player injurers their neck, gets stretchered off, and the scans and thorough tests show his fine to play next week, I don't think any less of the player for going on the stretcher. Those same scans could've shown his career to be over.
Assume worst case scenario, get them checked properly, judge it from there.
I'm conscious that we don't want it to turn into football, I get that, but it's a lot more "impact" than football and we do need to be looking after the players.
