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Originally posted by ref18
What's wrong with giving the guy a new shirt, or a shirt from one of the benchwarmers?? In our association we are told not to penalize switiching numbers for this reason, because neither team had any control over it.
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There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. In fact, the Case Book specifically says that you may do this without the penalty of a technical foul in 3.3.6 Sit A.
However, remember 1: that the benchwarmer you take the shirt from must not have played already and now may not play unless you can find him another shirt with an unused number because a team is never allowed to have identical numbers on two different players.
And 2: if you do make the kid switch jerseys, he DOES have to leave the game at that point or his team must take a time-out.
All I am saying is that the official does have the option to allow the kid to remain in the game with his original uniform, if in that official's judgment the amount of blood is not excessive. Most officials simply don't realize this. They see blood and automatically make the player leave.
Therefore, I simply point this out as a good thing to keep in mind. You never know when you will have a team from a small school on the road, who is short of both jerseys and players. I think it is much easier AND ALSO PERMISSIBLE to just let the kid play in most circumstances.