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Old Tue Nov 29, 2011, 03:19pm
Raymond Raymond is offline
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Originally Posted by zanzibar View Post
After the 3rd quarter A6 tried to sub in for A5 before the 4th quarter started but he reported after the 15 second warning buzzer. The officials wouldn't let him enter the game of course. Then team A explained to the refs that A5 must exit the game because he has already played his 5 quarters that are allowed in one night. The refs decided that they can't overlook this infraction and required A5 to start the 4th quarter. The refs surely knew that at another date that this game would be declared a forfeit. Was the right decision made or should the refs overlooked this minor infraction so that A5 would not have gone over the quarter limit and cause a forfeit?
The officials enforced the rules as they know them. Surely the coach knew his player had used up his eligibility and should have been more diligent in his oversight of the situation.

Of course, a simple solution would have been for the coach to request a time-out and then sub A5 out of the game.
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