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Originally Posted by youngump
Nothing there doesn't work in my delay of game scenario. Again, the problem is that he doesn't seem to understand the participation/substitution rule, not calling the timeout wasn't the mistake. If he had known what was going on he could have accomplished the same thing as not taking a timeout, by saying to the official, I've got twelve on the field.
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While the way the Federation wants us to call Illegal Substitution / Illegal Participation is unique, that is how they want it called and they are very clear about it in their Casebook ruling. That's all there is to it. It is not our fault if coaches do not understand the rules.