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Getting back to the original situation, I want to point out a couple of things. I WAS NOT looking for trouble. I wasn't sitting there at a time-out thinking, "Gee, I wonder if there's some infraction or detail that I'm ignoring, hmmm..." The table notified me, and coach A, who had plenty of subs, was pushing the issue. I would have let it go, if coach A didn't care. And, in fact, team B, with four players on the floor, would have gained an advantage, since they would have had a good varsity player available for another quarter of the varsity game, which team A won by a very slim margin.
The problem became an issue for me because coach A was "making trouble." I stood and considered for several seconds before I jumped to one side or the other of the fence. If we are not required to require five players, I say to coach A, "That's not my jurisdiction, you'll have to contact the State Association." If it's a rule, I say to coach B, "Five players required if they're available. 30 seconds."
The only other possible course of action for me, I think, would have been to say to coach A, "Player 34 is injured and thus not available. If you think it contrary to the State Association rules that player 34 play in the varsity game after being injured in the JV game, you have to talk to the Association."
And for the life of me, I still can't understand why 27, who was dressed down couldn't have just gone and stood on the corner of the floor and not actually participated, but been on the floor to make five players, and thus save 34 for the varsity game.
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