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Originally Posted by tjones1
Once the ball has become live, it is too late to penalize.
Nevada,
Makes sense. But, I guess my thinking says that it was discovered when A20 checked into the scorer, if not, how did A20 get recorded into the book?
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It probably wasn't discovered at that time.
Team members are still required to give their number to the scorer when they report as a substitute, but most scorers are either lax on this or unaware of the requirement.
Most kids just come to the table and say nothing at all to the scorer. Those that do say something like, "I'm checking in."
If the scorer doesn't look at the book, find the name/number of the sub, and check the kid off when he enters by putting a mark in the box for the appropriate quarter to indicate that he played in that period, then it is easy to see how this gets missed until a foul is called on that player or he scores.
Of course, the discovery is not the critical element in this situation. It is
the time when the name must be added to the scorebook. That is the proper time to penalize.
BTW in your initial post you wrote that the scorer told you that
A20 was NOT in the book. Are you trying to confuse me now?
