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Originally Posted by Gimlet25id
What if the Vplayers took it upon themselves to just shoot round with the JV team? The JVHC didn't realize they were there or maybe the JVHC isn't on the floor.
Better yet one of the Varsity players who is dressed in their warm ups comes out of the stands behind the JV's bench picks up the ball and throws it down?
4-34 Art.2 "Bench personnel are all individuals who are part of or affiliated with a team, including, but not limited to: substitutes, coaches, manager(s) and statistician(s).....
I agree with JR that we really don't know who is going to be bench personnel unless the coach informs us or if they are in fact sitting on the BENCH.
Case Book 4.34.2 gives a play where a trainer who is @ the end of the bench gets penalized as bench personnel.
This is a perfect example of someone who is AFFILIATED with a team but isn't specifically listed in the rule.
4-34 Art. 4 ....A team member is a member of bench personnel who is in uniform and is eligible to become a player.
If the Varsity player is in uniform but not eligible to become a player then he can't be considered a team member. If this player doesn't sit on the bench and the coach confirms that he's neither a player or bench personnel then he is just a spectator of the JV game.
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1st: the JV coach cannot absent himself nor play dumb to release himself from his responsibilities per Rule 10.
2nd: Are trainers the only other individuals we could list as bench personnel? NO. The list doesn't stop there.
3rd:All Varsity players are eligible and could become JV players at any time during the night. If the coaches want they can buy the Var player's way into the game with a technical foul for adding a name to the book even if it is with 2 seconds to go in the JV game.
So stop saying they are not eligible just because his name is not in the book nor is he seated on the bench.