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BBR,
You are a great help on this board and normally give excellent answers. However, in this case I would like you to support your opinion with evidence from the rule book. IMHO the wording of the rule simply does not support your posting. The intent is to prevent delay by sending out a couple of players while a couple more hang back at the bench for either extra rest or more instruction and then one more comes out, etc. meanwhile, the ref has to wait for the team to have 5 players on the court (officials manual #379). The T for 10-1-9 should be called at this time if we are strictly adhering to the rule.
Now your preventative officiating techniques may rationalize that if that late player(s) do not participate in the play, you don't call the T. However, we both know that how we enforce the rules and what they really say are two different things.
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