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"a member of bench personnel who is in uniform and is eligible to become a player." 4-34-2 says bench personnel are "all individuals who are part of or affiliated with a team including, but not limited to: substitutes, coaches, manager(s) and statistician(s)."
Our board interpreter said it should be a T for the dunk and the official should have the scorer add the varsity player to the score book.
Good stuff here. I'm with deecee and canuckrefguy.
My 3 cents:
Manger dunking: A manager who is not "in uniform" does not meet the definition of a "player" - "a member of bench personnel who is in uniform and is eligible to become a player."
Varsity player: The officials are not responsible for determining eligibility anywhere I've worked, and I would assume that's the case across the country in NFHS games - and IMO, they SHOULD not do so. That responsibility falls onto the team's school administration and coach, I believe. Following the different jersey/warm-up logic, he's not a member of the JF squad. --
Eligibility, cont'd.: "Our board interpreter said ... the official should have the scorer add the varsity player to the score book." I would never instruct the scorer to ADD anyone to the book, and I'd be surprised if there is any remotely-specific lanquage that would support doing so in an NFHS publication. What if the varsity player had already played that night somewhere else? You are then FORCING the JV team to add an ineligible player. Also, I'm guessing all state associations have eligibility rules regarding senior V players participating in lower contests, regardless of the number of quarters they play per day. Long story short (too late): this person is not eligible, and does not meet the definition of a "player."
Fun things. I'm done.
[Edited by HawkeyeCubP on Feb 8th, 2006 at 04:05 PM]
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