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I'm glad to see I'm not the only one confused about this. What the situation comes down to is that this was a varsity player who was helping out the JV. He only had six JV girls, and one of them was sick -- although why she was dressed down and sittin on the bench, I still don't understand. So he pulled in a varsity junior to help out. I understand why he didn't want to play her, but I have a lot of other questions such as, why did he play her in the first two quarters, why not wait and see? Why not put in the "sick" player and let her just stand in the corner of the floor, thus making up five players, and saving the varsity player? Why did the other coach, who was also the administrator for the tournament, refuse to allow them to play with four? Especially since he was winning by quite a bit, and then very nearly lost? Okay, the player in question was very good, and I guess the opponent coach gained a distinct advantage by reducing the quarters in the varsity game that she could play. Was that unfair of him? He's not the person who originally pointed it out, but he jumped on the rule when he realized the situation. and incidentally, the administrator coach who insisted on following the rule did win the varsity game, and not by an awful lot. Hmmm.....
And then the thing about counting quarters, I know we are not responsible. Fine. Who is? What is the penalty? If a varsity game is in progress and then a coach says that a player on the other team is now playing in her sixth quarter, do we just shrug and say whatever? Do we not count but penalize when it's brought to our attention?
Okay, almost none of these questions are really answerable. So what do I do next time?
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