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Originally Posted by calgaryrocks
yeah, they were acting alot during the game...im not saying some of them may have been slightly hurt but all the rolling and then getting up and looking fine. especially the guy that got carried off on a stretcher then not even a minute after hitting the sidelines is back on as a substituition...i mean come on
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I don't condone the antics myself, but its a little childish to be assuming the guy must not be hurt at all and then boo the guy, seeing as just because they are up after a couple mins doesn't mean they weren't in pain a couple minutes before... like if one gets the wind knocked out of them. That first 30-90 seconds can be rather painful, but after that, its like nothing happened.
As for the stretcher thing, they have to put them on a stretcher and get them off the field ASAP if they can't do it themselves, cause the clock doesn't stop, and even stoppage time doesn't always account for the time lost. Unlike in hockey/football, where they can take all day to diagnose on the field/ice, since play has been stopped. Plus, how many times in hockey has a guy been down on the ice for minutes, only to return looking fresh and rejuvenated?
The rules say that if a stretcher comes out and takes a player off-field, that player has to stay off until they can sub him back in... which means they could be a man down for a long time, seeing as a lot of time can pass before a break in play. Players know this, and while they sometimes embellish to get a refs attention (a universal constant in sport), they know that once the ref has addressed it, or once too much time has elapsed, they better get up fast unless they are hurt.