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Originally posted by rainmaker
Okay, here's what I will do next time. Require the coach to play the girl, until he claims she is injured. At which point I will say to the opponent coach, "I can't require her to play injured. If that creates an eligibility problem in the next game, you'll have to deal with that with the tournament director."
Fronheiser, I just want to point out that I wasn't in the mood to look for trouble, and I wasn't digging for a rule to push the coach up against. I just couldn't remember what the rules were about when a player was available. I didn't require him to go to the other gym and force a varsity player to dress down. This gal had played in my game already, and was dressed, in the book, and on the bench. If that's not available, I don't know what is. And I have had several refs with whom I discussed this, agree that I was correct to require her to play. So, I guess I wasn't totally out of line.
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My name is Rich
I disagree with the other refs too, then. I take the rules seriously, but in the end I feel common sense has to rule the day. Common sense dictates that if a coach wants to play shorthanded, you don't argue with him.
Sorry, but I simply feel the varsity game takes precedence. We are told not to be picky when it comes to old uniforms at the subvarsity level (when they are wearing hand-me-downs that no longer conform to the FED rules). I can look the other way here, too.
With this I guess we'll agree to disagree.
Rich