Wrong number

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Required, but sometimes mistakes are made.

Timekeeper let's in substitute #25 which isn't noticed by the scorekeeper? This is more likely to happen if #25 never scores or is charged with a foul.

Scorekeeper notices #25 but decides to inform the officials at the next intermission, when all team members are bench personnel?

Scorekeeper notices but adds #25 unilaterally, without informing the officials until the next dead ball?

A. This is precisely why the scorer is to track each entering substitute. This is done by checking off the box for that qtr in the book on that player’s line. If the scorer doesn’t do this he isn’t doing his job. Doesn’t mean that the team hasn’t committed an infraction, just that the scorer failed to notice it because he isn’t doing what is required by rule.

B. The rule states exactly when the scorer is to notify the officials. Again a case of the scorer not doing his job properly. Could even be a scorer attempting to cheat for one team. The team still committed an infraction and this is an example of why the rules are written as they are.

C. You have a scorer who is either clueless or a cheater. Either way this doesn’t excuse the team’s infraction.