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Old Tue Oct 06, 2009, 07:22pm
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Freshman game. On a try K runs a fake and throws the ball to #55 who is lined up at end. Coach screams inelligible. I told him we don't enforce numbering restrictions at the lower level (which we don't). Question is whether there is support for this in the official's manual, rule book etc or is this a matter of custom. If it is custom, what do you guys do with numbering in lower level games? This happened in Ohio.
We have a league that doesn't use the numbering rules, nor do they have the ineligibles wear bright leg bands, like other leagues do.

We simply tell the coach that "this league doesn't use those rules".
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