My first thought on seeing the title of this thread was "why is it even the Principal's decision?"
I still have that question. Was she standing at the vehicle entrance saying "you can't park there, you have to park over here". It doesn't make much sense to me.
This. She was actively malevolent. If she was merely a coward, she could have made herself scarce, but nooooooooo!
Obviously, i wan't the lead medic on this call. Depending on the severity of the injury, she'd have had to jump out of the way. We also carried bolt cuttersd for locked gates. Most football injuries actually came off on a gurney, only drove onto the field once, IIRC.
Thank you.
Now, there are very few football injuries so severe that an extra 5 minutes hoofing it would make a difference. But, a general policy of "Get the injured player medical care ASAP" ought to be the default setting.
Were I the principal, I mighta been out there with flags & lights waving them on through. If the district gives me guff, I'll take it in the face and tell them I'd do the same next time. I suspect the kids' parents would take my side and images of me doing my best to see one of my students is cared for ain;t gonna hurt. This principal sounds so stupid she needs to be reminded to breathe.
(Edited for faulty bracketage)