[jrfath]

Then I miss #62 “illegal participation can be a non-player foul”
Well that’s got to be true. I know this because I just read #9 under ILLEGAL PARTICIPATION in the case book. “If a non-player hinders an opponent outside the field of play it constitutes illegal participation.”

So tell me why the key says false?

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This question is on the test every year...it is on the ARS CD multiple times, and that is the only reason I get it right.
I think the Federatation has two definitions of
"Non-player/nonplayer".
1. Non-player - Coach, Stat Boy, Water Boy, etc...
2. Nonplayer - A player in uniform who is not in the game at that moment(i.e. a substitute)...

I think the meaning behind the question is that you can only have illegal participation on "players"...meaning players in the game and players who are substitutes. You can not have illegal participation on coaches or water boys. Therefore, illegal participation can NOT be a non-player foul.

This was explained to me by another official this year when debating this, and makes sense.

And now that I look closer, the test "non-player" is hyphenated.

The case book "nonplayer" is not.