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In the FRD manual, it says the NF has no rule provision for a a multiple jersey situation. Their example is one where a player is wearing two different numbered jerseys one over the other. One is removed on the sidelines so the player can become a Tackle or an End. The ruling says Legal (interp).
What that means to me is there really isn't any rule coverage for this case and therefore it has been via word of mouth or separate interpretation from the NF as being OK.
I would say this is as close as you can get to the original posting of replacing a torn jersey with another jersey. Maybe common sense would be to let the other sideline know, but then again I see no guideline as to saying to do this.
As SC Ump asks or points out, I think we all keep track of UC fouls by player number until that same number gets a second. Should a coach switch jerseys on a player with one UC already and that player get a UC and we find out it's the same guy as before, not only does the player get his second UC, the coach gets one for using the jersey change to deceive. This is a loose interpretation of 1-5-3 also pointed out in the FRD manual.
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