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2018 NatWest Six Nations: Round 1 - France v Ireland
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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 887076" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>Of course it's open to abuse, it's not supposed to prevent that sort of abuse. The point of independence, is to stop the George North et al situations, where a player is clearly unconscious, and clearly should be taken off, having already failed the HIA, but is left on, or examined and returned. There is no way to prevent a player faking a headache, or faking a balance disturbance, or some other player that they think s/he took a knock.</p><p></p><p>I should also add that, on reflection, I think the ref can deny an HIA, s/he is the final arbiter of fact after all. Which means that Nige could actually reverse his decision (but not the Dr's - though he technically could deny it).</p><p>They will never, ever do so, no matter how sceptical they are though. Worst case scenario, they deny an HIA for a player, who goes and dies from second impact syndrome 10 minutes later.</p><p>Theref over-rules the medical expert, and that decision results in death. Is that a risk you'd want a ref to take?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 887076, member: 73592"] Of course it's open to abuse, it's not supposed to prevent that sort of abuse. The point of independence, is to stop the George North et al situations, where a player is clearly unconscious, and clearly should be taken off, having already failed the HIA, but is left on, or examined and returned. There is no way to prevent a player faking a headache, or faking a balance disturbance, or some other player that they think s/he took a knock. I should also add that, on reflection, I think the ref can deny an HIA, s/he is the final arbiter of fact after all. Which means that Nige could actually reverse his decision (but not the Dr's - though he technically could deny it). They will never, ever do so, no matter how sceptical they are though. Worst case scenario, they deny an HIA for a player, who goes and dies from second impact syndrome 10 minutes later. Theref over-rules the medical expert, and that decision results in death. Is that a risk you'd want a ref to take? [/QUOTE]
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