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Originally Posted by Eastshire
If I found myself in this situation, I'm going to accept the coach's explanation and let the team play with four on the floor and then file a full report with the state after the game and let them sort it out.
It's not my job as a game official to enforce the eligibility rules. I enforce the game rules. The game rules require 5 on the floor if there are 5 eligible players but we only have 4 and determining otherwise is beyond the scope of my responsibility.
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There it is.
Case 3.1.1 says a team must play with five, as long as it has five players available. It's the head coach that says who's available; we can only say who's ineligible.
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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
Well, in most cases I've seen, players suspended from a team are not allowed (by the school and/or league) to sit on the team bench.
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True, but if they become disqualified that game, they can't leave without adult supervision, anyway.