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					Originally Posted by ChuckElias
					
				 The player is still eligible to become a player.  He would be allowed in the book.  You keep using the phrase "ready to play", but that's not in the rule.  The rule says "eligible to become a player".  It doesn't matter if he's ready.  It only matters if he's dressed and eligible to become a player. | 
	
 OK.
Is a dressed injured player "eligible"? If not why not?
If so...is a dressed player in the locker room until the game starts "eligible"? If not why not?
If so...is a dressed player running thru the hallway at the start of the game "eligible"? If not why not?
If so...is a player pulling his car into the school parking lot at the start of the game "eligible" when he later arrives dressed in the gym? If not why not?