Substitute

[BillyMac]

We've got some timekeepers who don't understand this warning horn substitute rule.

And then we've got "Chicago Black Hawks Jersey Guy", a timekeeper who always wears a Chicago Black Hawks jersey, who from his perch high up on a platform, not only sounds the fifteen second warning horn, but yells, "First horn. No subs" after sounding the horn.

He's been on that perch for about twenty-plus years, and has never missed doing this much appreciated routine.

[Altor]

Most of the timers at the school I'm currently watching the most often raise their index finger as they sound the horn for the 15 second warning and say "1st horn" loud enough for table crew and those in the vicinity to hear him. I witnessed one time, as he was doing that, a home team sub starts past him to report to the scorer. He pointed to him and said directly to the administering official..."He's too late."

Stone Cold.

[FlasherZ]

Happened last night at my son's game. Official beckoned the sub on, then corrected himself - explained it to the coach, and the player waited at the table for the next dead ball.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by FlasherZ

Happened last night at my son's game. Official beckoned the sub on, then corrected himself - explained it to the coach, and the player waited at the table for the next dead ball.

Sounds like 100% the appropriate thing to do in a real game, but on a written exam, once the substitute has been mistakenly beckoned and enters the court, is it too late to send him back because the substitute became a player?

Not reporting to the table would result in an illegal substitution.

Not being beckoned would make this an illegal substitution.

Both result in the substitute not legally becoming a player, along with the possibility of a technical foul penalty.

3-3-3: A substitute becomes a player when he/she legally enters the court.

Is it illegal for a substitute to simply follow the misguided direction of an official?

Where does the rulebook say that the penalty for this otherwise "legal" act is to send him back?