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Originally posted by BushRef
If they ain't on the list, they ain't eligible to play, ...
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Actually, he is. There is just a penalty if he does.
Nowhere does the rules book state what you are advocating.
The same is true for a player who is wearing the wrong number or an illegal shirt (jersey). The CAN play, there is just a penalty for the uniform problem.
You certainly wouldn't tell the coach that a kid can't play because his jersey has the wrong number on it, right? You penalize the infraction and the kid plays.
This is the same thing. The kid was simply left off the team member list that was submitted to the scorer. (That may have even been intentional.) Now you simply penalize the team for this infraction, and the kid participates.