Law 5 Clarification

[one]

Here is a scenario worth thinking of for those in the know.

Player injured in a foul near TA and play is stopped. He doesn't want physio on but asks to roll over off the field and you say OK. Play restarts and he is seen by physio off the field. 20 seconds later with ball in play (or at a stoppage) he asks to come back on. Can he?

How about a similar senario but he asks to go off while ball is in play?

They are both scenarios of injured player treated off the field but wanting to come back on in less than a minute.

 

[ARF]

Here is a scenario worth thinking of for those in the know.

Player injured in a foul near TA and play is stopped. He doesn't want physio on but asks to roll over off the field and you say OK. Play restarts and he is seen by physio off the field. 20 seconds later with ball in play (or at a stoppage) he asks to come back on. Can he?

How about a similar senario but he asks to go off while ball is in play?

They are both scenarios of injured player treated off the field but wanting to come back on in less than a minute.

If the player leaves the FoP voluntarily to get treatment, they don't need to wait a minute to re-enter, so either way it's fine.

 

[RefereeX]

Here is a scenario worth thinking of for those in the know.

Player injured in a foul near TA and play is stopped. He doesn't want physio on but asks to roll over off the field and you say OK. Play restarts and he is seen by physio off the field. 20 seconds later with ball in play (or at a stoppage) he asks to come back on. Can he?

How about a similar senario but he asks to go off while ball is in play?

They are both scenarios of injured player treated off the field but wanting to come back on in less than a minute.

My suggestion would be that they can - spirit of the law.
The idea of the law being to stop the game being slowed down. Neither of these examples slow the game down.

 

[Archer]

Here is a scenario worth thinking of for those in the know.

Player injured in a foul near TA and play is stopped. He doesn't want physio on but asks to roll over off the field and you say OK. Play restarts and he is seen by physio off the field. 20 seconds later with ball in play (or at a stoppage) he asks to come back on. Can he?

How about a similar senario but he asks to go off while ball is in play?

They are both scenarios of injured player treated off the field but wanting to come back on in less than a minute.

 

[one]

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One can argue the fact that he did actually received treatment (and asked for it) can trump both those points. But in principle I agree with all responses.

I think this would become a common scenario for actually 'injured' players whose team is trailing in the game.

 

[ARF]

One can argue the fact that he did actually received treatment (and asked for it) can trump both those points.

I don't think you can argue that. Not using the LotG, anyway

 

[JamesL]

Here is a scenario worth thinking of for those in the know.

Player injured in a foul near TA and play is stopped. He doesn't want physio on but asks to roll over off the field and you say OK. Play restarts and he is seen by physio off the field. 20 seconds later with ball in play (or at a stoppage) he asks to come back on. Can he?

How about a similar senario but he asks to go off while ball is in play?

They are both scenarios of injured player treated off the field but wanting to come back on in less than a minute.

There is an exception to the 1 minute for this scenario.

 

[bester]

Was expected this answer.

My question

"Good Afternoon,

The referee stops play for a suspected serious head injury ie restart will be a drop ball.

When the whistle goes the player jumps straight back up and voluntarily leaves the pitch.

Does the one minute off no longer apply as the player has voluntarily left the pitch?"


IFAB reply

"
Good morning


Thank you for your e mail and question.


The one-minute does apply as the player caused play to be stopped "

 

[one]

"Good Afternoon,

The referee stops play for a suspected serious head injury ie restart will be a drop ball.

When the whistle goes the player jumps straight back up and voluntarily leaves the pitch.

Does the one minute off no longer apply as the player has voluntarily left the pitch?"

Yes. No need to apply one minute unless he has delayed the restart (from your description, it doesn't sound like he did).

The wording in law needs a bit more clarity on this though.

 

[bester]

@one They're saying the play would have to stay off for a minute as the player caused play to be stopped.

My assumption was always that stoppage was meant to mean a non-injury stoppage, and despite their parsing they didn't mean for voluntarily leaving to be an exemption after play was stopped for an injury

Players would still go down holding their head if they could voluntarily go off and avoid the one minute time-out.