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Originally Posted by ump33
The term "opponent" is identified in Rule 2-43. It says nothing about the opponent has to be one of the 11 players only that the opponent is "the defense, B or R".
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I looked there too, but it uses the word "opponent" only in terms of "the team". It doesn't say anything about which individuals compose a team. I could take it just as easily as limited to players as I could to include non-players. I've a feeling they meant it one way or the other, but not sure which.
After writing the above, I found something else that clarifies it in this case but leaves some similar scenarios vague: the definition of "substitute" in Fed 2-32-15, identifying him as a "team member". So it would make the action in the original case posed a personal foul (UR by a player vs. an opponent who is a substitute), but leave it unclear in the case of other non-players.