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Originally Posted by bainsey
I know the difference between the two, sir. Again, my question is, why would the rule even bother to use the phrase "team members," when the case book says it's only enforcable on players?
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Don't know sir, I wasn't in the room when they wrote it.
Maybe the committee felt it was more important, in this case, to penalize bookkeeping items involving players, rather than penalizing the team for a sub that may never get in the game. This may also be the reason they've gone from penalizing each infraction within a category to simply one penalty within that category.
Rocky also gives a good example of why it's good to know the definitions, the difference between the two, and when one status ends and the other begins.