22-11-2012, 05:13 PM
Derek Howie Wrote:Given that the game was allowed to go on for 2.5 hours, questions would have had to be asked if that was the case and why their Head of Delegation was not wondering where their ill team member was.
I have been told that neither the boys parents not the Head of Delegation knew that the boy had seen a doctor. If that is true then they would have been expecting him to play.
Andrew McHarg Wrote:Why does a player need to get a doctor's note to excuse them from playing?
Most major events of this nature have some sort of medical staff in attendance. It is very likely that in those circumstances a default would need a covering note from the doctor, especially if this was to be his third missed game.
I am guessing here, but from what I've heard it may be that the organisers arranged for a doctor to see the player because they were concerned both for the player and those he was in contact with.