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Message: [QUOTE="DarthGrumpy, post: 2904677, member: 2141"] I only coach Rec in the same area and I get it. We all have our days. Earlier in the season, I somehow managed to keep my mouth generally shut coaching a U12 team and followed protocol instead. One of my players took an inadvertent elbow to the side of the head and dropped like a rock into a fetal position holding his head. I yelled once that play had to be stopped (their team had a breakway as a result); but, the ref ignored me and one of the parent's from the other team yelled out that 'Neymar' needs to get up. The ball eventually went out and we got our player off. One of my assistant coaches and I did an on-field assessment on the sidelines on the player and then one of the other team's assistant coaches, who is a doc and must have saw what we were doing, did the same. All 3 of us agreed that our player was showing signs of a concussion. After the game, the other head coach came over and appologized. We both then talked to the Ref politely and were told that he did not see any impact to our player's head, assessed that the player was not injured, and would not take away advantage. I pointed our that the player was lying on the field in a clearly stressed postion indicating a possible head injury and that this was 12U soccer. The other team's coach pointed out that our player did not 'pass' the initial concussion assessment and that the league rule is that play is stopped immediately if a head injury is suspected. That caught the Ref off-guard. We did not say anymore and filed a report instead. The Ref has now been banned from coaching below U17 and will be required to re-take certain safety 'classes.' Out of curiosity, what Club is that? I know most of them. Did you see in the news that a soccer federation in South Carolian has banned parents from cheering (or jeering) at any game. They can only talk quietly among themselves. Crazy; but, I get it. [/QUOTE]

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