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Originally Posted by Daryl H. Long
Rule 4-5-2 only authorizes individuals of a team to be on the court to practice at its team basket prior to the game. Once I take jurisdiction anyone I see practicing there I consider them to be team members (especially anyone wearing official team uniforms and no they do not all have to be identical, only same color and legal). They are bench personnel. I have authority to define them as bench personnel as the definition given in 4-34-2 says the list specifically mentioned is not all inclusive.
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Disagree. You have no rules backing as an official to decide who or who not is affiliated with a team. That decision is not within our domain. It lies with the team, not us. The team provides the team list. Pre-game, we have to ask the head coach. Once the game starts, if they're on the bench we can presume that they're affiliated with the team and then proceed accordingly.