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Originally posted by ace
We played 4 on 4 this particular game. He had all 8 players on present. Other only had 4. He was nice enough to pull his 5th.
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By the way under NFHS rules this is NOT permissible. I understand that you are doing a rec league for little girls, and may have made an exception due to this, but don't ever do this in a HS game of any level. There are actually two rules you are setting aside here. You incorrectly let one team start with fewer than five and then you allowed the other team to illegally remove a player. Sorry to say Ace, but is seems like you could have saved yourself a whole lot of trouble, if you had correctly never even started the game. Here are the rule cites:
3-1-1 Note: A team must begin the game with five players, but if it has no substitutes to replace disqualified or injured players, it must continue with fewer than five.
Casebook 3.1.1 After six players have been disqualified, Team A has only four who are eligible to continue in the game as players. In a gesture of fair play, the coach of Team B indicates a desire to withdraw a player so that each team will have four players on the court. Ruling: This is not permissible. Team B must have five players participating as long as it has that number available. If no substitute is available, a team must continue with fewer than five players. When only one player remains to participate, that team shall forfeit the game unless the referee believes this team still has an opportunity to win the game.
[Edited by Nevadaref on Aug 6th, 2003 at 12:23 AM]