6 Men on the Floor

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by just another ref

10-1-6: A team shall not have more than 5 members participating simultaneously.

PENALTY: Penalized if discovered while being violated.

Think about it this way - if you can penalize this during a dead ball, then what about when you beckon a sub on the floor, and the other player takes their time getting off the floor - would you penalize that team for having 6 players on the court? Of course not, even though, by rule, the sub becomes a player the moment they are beckoned on the court. But they aren't "participating" at that moment.

I would think once the TO is called, there is even less basis for saying they are "participating". So, if the coach gets the TO granted, you have not "discovered while being violated" - you discovered it after the fact, therefore, too late to penalize.