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And this is certainly the first time *I've* ever been accused of being a by-the-book-official. But now you've done it, you made me look up the damn rules. So here goes: NF 3.1.1 tells us that a team MUST have 5 players participating. As soon as you tell the coach his player has 5 fouls he's disqualified (4-14-2), leaving only 4. Which means we must wait for the 5th player to come in. And the coach has 30 seconds to name that player. Dead ball. Can't score during a dead ball, I don't care what 2-10 says, it's as good as a time out. But there's even more direct guidance under NCAA 4-17-5: "A disqualified player shall be replaced within a 30 second time limit. A signal shall be sounded both 15 seconds before the expiration of this time limit and at the end of the time limit, with the latter signal indicating that play shall resume." Sorry folks, you can't score points before the game has resumed. Like it or not, it's there in black & white. It's a mess, but one of your own making and under the rules you have to reshoot the FTs, IMO. But of course you might consider just leaving things as they stand ![]()
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