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Old Tue Aug 28, 2012, 12:48pm
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Originally Posted by mbcrowder View Post
Only thing I'd add to the above is to KNOW, not "think" you know, the DP/Flex rules. I think that would have solved your confusion right at the beginning.
This isn't so much an issue regarding the DP/Flex rules as it is the handling of a player who is listed in the line-up but is not present. I couldn't find anything in the NFHS rule book or case book that states a player must be present at the game site to be listed.

I guess the coach was trying to circumvent the need to list the missing player as a substitute and have someone else listed as the starter. Putting the missing player into the line-up when she arrived after the game started would require a substitution that, I suppose, he didn't want to burn. I dunno.
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