Submitting the roster before the game

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

If so...is a player pulling his car into the school parking lot at the start of the game "eligible" when he later arrives dressed in the gym?

It just seems to me that the roster information submitted at the 10-minute mark is supposed to be the players that are -- at that time -- dressed and eligible. I honestly don't understand the rationale behind "he can be eligible later".