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This borders on over-officiating. Why look for trouble? You telling me I'm gonna tell the coach to remove these names from the book! I have never heard or seen any official do this! Likewise, I just count up the players and try to make sure if I got 15, there's 15 listed in the book. If there 16 or more, I have never heard of anything that says in the rules to remove 16 and above if they're not present.
However, a player is stuck in traffic, car drifted off the road in a snowstorm, auto accident, any number of factors like this could come into to play. He calls the coach and informs him he will be late but will be there. The coach believes his player and adds his number to the book. The player gets there 10-minutes after the start of the game. All is good, the name and # is in the book. The player can immedately enter the game.
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