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Originally Posted by Dakota
Well, technically true. But FLEX does leave the game AS IF she had been subbed for and is subject to the re-entry restrictions of the subsitution rule - she either has one re-entry remaining or she is done (depending on what happened before). That's why in my writeup on the rule years ago (when it was still called DP/DEFO) referred to this as a "half substitution."
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That is what causes the confusion. A substitution is when a player not in the line up enters it to replace a player that is.
When the FLEX does not play defense, they have left the game. There has been no substitution or re-entry. There will be if the FLEX or legal sub enters the game in the FLEX position, but their isn't until that actually happens.