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Originally posted by bebanovich
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I haven't heard of any "steps" to discourage this out my way.
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I think I originally saw it here: http://myweb.cableone.net/bbv/2003-04rules.htm under the Substitutions - Player Disqualification section. I don't know who wrote the text, but the basic outline looks similar to state sites communicating rule changes for the 2003 - 2004 season.
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Because of numerous abuses and attempts to circumvent this rule, there have been rules proposals submitted ranging from doing away with the 30-second interval resulting in coaches having to make an immediate substitution, to not permitting the remaining four players near the team bench during this time frame.
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It then talks about trying to address abuses through points of emphasis before initiating rule changes.
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Hmmmmm, good stuff...
I don't know why NFHS would be so anal about this...when I first saw this "abuse", a few years ago, I thought it was pretty clever of the coach to try to get a positive (free 30 second time-out) out of a negative (DQ'd player).
I've heard of officials (maybe on this forum) trying to stop the players from huddling near the bench during this period...
Until the NFHS comes out with something against this practice, we'll continue to let um' play by the current rules in place.