Peter Grove
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That might work in rugby, Aussie Rules etc, where the ball is hardly ever played along the ground (and if it is, it would not follow a straight path anyway) and where a player running with the ball has it in his hands and can fairly easily navigate around an obstacle. As far as I'm concerned it won't work in football where the ball is passed along the ground the majority of the time and where a player running with the ball cannot easily manoeuvre around the kind of obstacle posed by a player and the person (or people) attending to the injury.Just don't stop the game. Physio comes on, in play. If a serious injury he alerts referee. If game stopped player either has to wait x amount of time or cannot return.
Given the way football is played (as distinct from the way rugby etc, are played) I think there's just too much risk of an adverse impact on play if players are treated on the field.