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Originally Posted by firstdown
How do you prove they faked the injury? They could just say thet got so tired they got light head and alomost passed out and there is no rule against falling down because of this.
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And there in lies the problem. But even if they were dehydrated in most cases they are taken into the locker room and and IV put in to get rehydrated. You'll never see two guys go down walk off the field, stand on the sideline, and come back in during the next play. Usually someone who has had a fainting spell, or has had a dizzy spell is sitting on the bench being attended to by the physician. They want to know why they had the issue in the first place.
Again I know it might be hard to determine, which is your arguement and the league does not have a rule because the Refs are not doctors and they don't want players staying on the field playing (as in concussions) if they are truly injured. But if you use some common sense (which is all I'm asking) if a player went down due to injury then they would be on the sideline getting looked at, carried off the field, or something. They don't walk off the field and stand on the sideline with out attention waiting for their turn to go back in.