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Originally Posted by Dakota
You've essentially proposed the DP/FLEX become a half-EP, that's all. But, have fun with your proposal - now all you need is someone to sponsor it at the next NFHS rules committee meeting.
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Resurrecting an old thread.
And look what happened! The NCAA is implementing an experimental rule that is
exactly as I proposed it back in 2006 when I wrote a 3-part article on officiating.com as a superior alternative to the highly convoluted DP/FLEX rule.
http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/fi...e-%20Links.pdf
Much simpler! Far superior! Two players share the same spot in the line-up.
Either one can bat in that spot.
Either one can play the field.
Either one can run for the other. And, when they do this "switching", it is
never a substitution. The two players are inextricably linked together. They are one-in-the-same player.
It accomplishes everything the DP/FLEX rule did, but without all the complications of going back and forth between 9 and 10 players and tracking how many times somebody has reentered.