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16.3 does not apply to injury calls as it only applies to a foul or violation call.
However 19.1.7 covers what should happen for an injury call while the disc is in the air:
If the disc was in the air when the injury stoppage was called, play continues until either the pass is caught, or the disc hits the ground. If the injury is not the result of a foul, the completion or turnover stands, and play restarts there after the stoppage.
Thanks for the response!
I’ve also seen situations where an injury will occur in a part of the field away from the disc. As no one hears the call, play doesn’t stop. The thrower then passes the disc several seconds after the call was made and the (unmarked) receiver drops it.
I can’t find any rules that speak to this instance so it would seem that 8.1.3 “The disc is dead, and no turnover is possible after a call which stops the play or any other stoppage, until the disc is checked in” would apply but that doesn’t feel right to me since a pass was made to an open player and the player dropped it.
Is there another rule that overrides 8.1? Do the players on the field have the discretion to play continuation anyway?
[quote=”rueben” post=1287]
Do the players on the field have the discretion to play continuation anyway?
Not according to the rules. The disc would have to come back.[/quote]
So you would advice that the disc goes back and the turnover doesn’t stand. For me this seems counterintuitive. Could you explain why the rules were designed that way? Perhaps that would help explaining the situation on the field as well.
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