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Originally Posted by Freddy
The Officials' Manual says, "The officials shall count the players prior to putting the ball in play." The assumption that could be drawn from that is that it is the officials' responsibility that neither team have more than five players on the floor when the ball becomes live.
Do I have a legitimate gripe? Or am I just suffering mid-winter light depravation?
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on every game, however, in your pregame conference you should discuss, as I do, that the non-administering official should count the players (5 on 5, not 10) before acknowledging the administering official with eye contact to place the ball at the disposal of the thrower.