Boston Herald: (Statement from the AD) We believe that we were victims of bad sportsmanship and unprofessional behavior by both the trainer for Shawsheen Tech and its athletic director.
We are alleging that during the fourth quarter forward Deandra Humphries was wrongfully disqualified by the athletic trainer with intent to change the outcome of the game. Humphries was clearly poked in the eye and was not struck in the head with any forceful impact.
After the trainer was tending to Humphries, he quickly ruled her out for the game ruling that she was not responsive. Student was totally coherent and experienced no immediate headache and sensitivity to light. New Mission went on to lose the contest and Humphries was taken to the hospital where medical doctors at Children's Hospital in Boston declared her free of "any" concussion symptoms.
What made me suspicious was the fact that earlier in the game, two ladies collided head to head. We sent one to the trainer where she was shortly sent back and not disqualified. This made me question the intent of the trainer because neither player (from the head to head collision) had a competitive impact on the game like Humphries.
We are disappointed in this incident because we feel that it took away from a very competitive contest. Moving forward we would like for teams who have away games to travel with their own athletic trainers so subjective decisions like this would not impact or hurt the integrity of the game.
I am 100% with the AD on this one. I realize athletic directors have a bad reputation, and I'm not saying that reputation isn't deserved. I just can't imagine a situation where a player gets a concussion in a girls basketball. I mean sure it could happen but I'd imagine it's about as common as seeing a a self-confident person eating at Cinnabon. Before you get all butt hurt and think I'm a misogynistic prick let me point out that concussions are super rare in the NBA, the fastest, most elite level of basketball on the planet; so how could someone get a concussion in game with a final score totaling in the low seventies?
It should be noted that all of the blame does not go on the trainer here. It's not like the chick got poked in the eye and trainer ran onto the court to stop the play and say the girl couldn't play. I'm positive the girl who got hit was freaking out about her eye. She probably had half the gym (I'd say ten people would be a liberal estimate) thinking she lost an eye.
You would never see a controversy like this in a guys' game. If this happens in a boys' basketball game the kid is telling the trainer to go fuck himself while he jogs back down the court to play defense and probably bitching to the ref about not calling a foul. If it just so happens the trainer is an attractive girl in her mid-twenties and the game is not important you might see some drama going on. Either way, there is no way a dude playing in a closely contested state tournament game is letting the trainer anywhere near him.
P.S. Concussions are quickly become a building block for the Pussification of America to build it's platform with.
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