The Ref Stop

Injury protocol

Yes, and no. Don't want treatment, ok thanks for confirming.. peep. In play fellas let's go... 5 4 3 2 1.
In theory this is what should happen but in practice for cases that it is clear the intent is not to delay the restart (e.g, player winded, his/her team is disadvantage by delay) I give the player few seconds to take a breath and get up. The empathy helps with game management.
 
The Ref Stop
I think the problem here is understanding the difference between stopping the game and stopping play. The law mandates the injured player to leave when 'play' is stopped. If 'game' is stopped, player only has to leave based on some other conditions.


Correct. Player did not deliberately waste time but it was in fact wasted (delayed) due to treatment.

And as I understand it… if in this situation, the player decides to leave the field for treatment instead of the trainer coming in and there is no delay in play - he / she can return when ready and does not have to serve the minute.
 
Yeh - I mean this was only step 7 but they didn’t have a clue and so therefore got very irate when it had to happen.
I'd say, just be caitious about if and when you decide to stop 'play'. Previpusly, i think we had gotten into the pattern pf stopping play too readily for minor injuries. Always consider whether the plauer or team are impacting on your match control by playing for time. Use common sense to adapt the ptrotocol to your benefit. Without breaching the protoco, read their intentions and avoid adaptingl or hallucinating refereeing actions which unnecessarily upset folk and become counter productive. Leave that to me!
 
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