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Old Wed Feb 23, 2011, 08:08am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by chymechowder View Post
but is there any way to verify an injury? say a player is going to leave to pick up his kids. he can just say that he pulled a hamstring, right? (I mean, you don't examine him, right? )
It doesn't have to be an injury. The player can leave for ANY reason, whether to bury his/her grandmother to pick up a loaf of bread for lunch. As long as it wasn't due to being ejected, the team can play shorthanded.
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