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I think the reporting for who you are going in for is more of a tradition and is mainly for the announcer and stat people. I base this on the fact that there is NO penalty in the book for replacing another player after you check in. Basketball has much more liberal sub rules than say volleyball, so use them. As far as I am concerned, as long as that kid is a legal sub, let him play. In fact, what if that coach had no more subs on the bench? Would you have made him play with four until the next dead ball?
Good call not to T the coach. While he deserved it, you were unsure of the rules, better to err on the side of caution. I found it very interesting the other night at an association meeting. We were discussing indirects vs directs and our interpreter went over all directs, but left off the one for not replacing a sub. He did it on purpose. He said we should never (again, never say never, but in very, very, rare instinces)call that. If we do, we are not doing a good job of preventitive officiating.
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