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Originally posted by RookieDude
NO, NO, NO,...we as officials should not get into "counting" quarters for various players on various teams. THAT IS NOT OUR RESPONSABILITY!
Just as it is not our problem if a disqualified player from Friday night is playing in a game Saturday night.
That is an administrative procedure. If the school wants to take a chance on playing inelgible players...that is their problem, not ours. As officials we administer things that happen on the court...not off the court.
As far as a Coach not wanting to play a player...fine, lets play on. Maybe the kid is getting disciplined, maybe he/she really is hurt, maybe he/she is inelgible because of quarters, etc. (THERE IS NO SUBSTITUE AVAILABLE)
Again, IMO, not my job to "make" a player participate if a Coach dosen't want him/her to play.
Some of us talk about Official's liability...can you imagine "making" a player play after the Coach has told you he/she is injured and then he/she gets hurt...OUCH!
Dude
[Edited by RookieDude on Dec 28th, 2002 at 09:01 AM]
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Be careful with your original statement Rook, in some states we do have to worry about quarters, games, etc. Don't ask me why, it is because the state says so.
As far as this sitch, the second the coach tells me she is hurt, that is fine with me, I don't know one way or the other and I am not about to find out the hard way. Plus, kids are suspended from halves or quarters all the time, who am I to judge, if the coach says the player cannot go in and wants to play with four, so be it. As far as the kid in the book in street clothes goes, he/she is not a legal sub, so you cannot put her in, but it is smart to put her in the book. If the game is suspended, and picks up a week later, the kid can play w/o penalty. Doesn't happen often, but it is a heads up move by the coach.