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Originally Posted by just another ref
Should have said can a player wear 66 every night without penalty, so long as he doesn't play?
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The answer to your question is yes because of the specific wording used in 10-5-4.
"The head coach shall not permit a team member
to participate while wearing an illegal uniform."
Therefore, a kid wearing 66 is not breaking any rule if he doesn't play.
Notice how this is different from the rule involving 0 and 00. That rule doesn't say something such as "a team shall not have players wearing both 0 and 00 participate during a game." (Which would be a better rule in my opinion and would make the ruling in the NFHS interp proper.) It simply says, "a team member list shall not have both..."
