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Originally Posted by ronny mulkey
..allowed both numbers but it also allowed both player to play - with penalty.
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Duplicate numbers can never play, not even at the expense of a technical foul. Illegal numbers (0 and 00, 6, 79, etc.) can play, but only at the expense of a technical foul.
Illegal numbers being able to play at the expense of a technical foul has been around since time began (when I started officiating). Calling both 0 and 00 illegal numbers has only been around for a little more than ten years (it seems like only yesterday).