[JRutledge]

petra,

The IHSA goes under The National Federation of High School Rules. So any games that are played under NF Rules, only are governed by what happens directly on the field or court. Rules like who can play and who cannot play and how long they play, is dictated by your local league. And every league is different and has guidelines that are not under what the IHSA does. The IHSA only deals with High Schools that are members under the IHSA. The IHSA does not create rules for local leagues and how they decide to run the league. So your league could come up with any guidelines they want to and add or delete certain rules to accomidate their league. You need to speak to the local administrators of that league. Those are the only folks that can define what a "play" is and how the participation rules apply. And the officials are not responsible for those kind of things, because for one we might not be aware that such a rule exsists. And we are not keeping track to that kind of thing. That is usually between the coaches and the administration of that league.

Peace