playing short by choice

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Ok, but the kid's not coming in later during OT after being "reinstated", right? Once the coach says he's unavailable, he's unavailable for the rest of the game?

What if, due to some school rule, etc., the player has suited up and has been on the bench since the game began, but has a suspension that ends at, say, 8 PM, which is during the game. Is there some way of communicating that in advance to the officials which would be effective in making that player unavailable before 8 PM, but available at or after 8 PM? Or are you not allowed to add to available players once all have been checked in?

Robert