Subs to Start 4th Quarter

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Originally posted by bob jenkins
As the teams walk out to start the 4th quarter, the scorer sounds (well, has the timer sound) the horn and beckons the R. The R approaches and the scorer indicates that the "wrong" players are in the game -- they didn't report between quarters.

It turns out that both the assistant coach and the head coach approaced the scorer after the third quarter and indicated that the starters would be returning to the game to start the 4th quarter. The scorer did not tell either coach that the players needed to report.

Of course, the scorer is correct by rule -- a team representative can indicate substitutions only before the second half.

So, if you are the R, do you allow the subs?

I'm with Mark on this one. The nit that makes me not call this is that the scorer did not mention to the coaches that they needed to have the players report. This sounds like a cheeseball move by the scorer.

Before you go off on that, I think we need "preventative scoring" as well as "preventative officiating". The coaches made the effort in the spirit of the game, and got no help from the table.

I'd let it go, and ask the scorer to help us out in the future. If the opposing coach complains (and he has a right to), I'd explain my logic, and state that I would have done the same for him/her.