Are players human?

[Mark Padgett]

There's a commercial for the movie "Air Bud" about a dog who plays basketball in which the referee says, "there's no rule that says a dog can't play". NF 4-34-1 says "A player is one of five team members who are legally on the court at any given time, except intermission." Apparently, the official is right - there is no rule that says a dog can't play because it doesn't define player as necessarily having to be a human.

I'm going to the park this afternoon to teach my dog how to dunk. The fact that he travels all the time certainly wouldn't affect him playing in the NBA!