Limit of team members?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Stat-Man

After checking the NCAA book, I see I was mixing up the penalty for a duplicate number with that for an illegal number. Kinda suprised that the rules allow a player to wear an illegal number after a whacking. Time to get myself a jersey with #½ on it.

If you think about it, they're following the same philosophy for all illegal shirts, similar to the rule about home having to wear a white shirt as finally enacted this year. They ultimately want the kids to play but they have to have some kind of penalty for not following the rule. Not allowing players wearing illegal jerseys to participate in the game is kinda like handing out the death penalty for going 5 mph over the speed limit. If you have a team with all illegal shirts, you'd have to forfeit if they didn't allow them to play.