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I understand why the change was made, and I agree. What I believe occurred is they wrote the rule trying to fix one thing, where they could have written it more generically and had the same effect. They incorporated the strategic TO into the rule, when all that should really need to happen is have a sufficient legitimate stoppage so as to allow the bleeding to stop and the blood to be cleaned. That would occur if either team called the TO before the sub was made. I would anticipate a second rule change to make this rule more generic in the future - it makes no sense as written.
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