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Originally Posted by rockyroad
Except that the rule doesn't say anything about changing names...it prohibits changing numbers. If the numbers are not changed, just the names moved, how does that violate the rule?
Not trying to be argumentative at all...this is one that I simply don't get. And I honestly have no idea what the names of 99% of the players are anyway...so how would we even know unless the scorer told us they switched names?
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I'm not saying we would know who is who, but the rule says that if player XYZ is wearing 23 but is listed as 12, then the book has to be changed to show that XYZ is wearing 23. That is the whole point of the rule, to properly identify who is who by number. The whole structure of the roster rules define a list of names (the one thing that is absolute) that is labeled with the numbers they're wearing.