Who is writing this stuff?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by just another ref

My bad. I thought you were asking a rhetorical question. The point is that 0 and 00, while both legal numbers, are specifically forbidden from being on the same list. Other illegal number are not specifically forbidden from the list.
Is that the point? IOW, is it ok for a player to wear 66 every night, so so long as he doesn't play?

Exactly. You have correctly comprehended the situation.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Exactly. You have correctly comprehended the situation.

Shoulda known better. You don't ask a lot of rhetorical questions, do you?

[CoachP]

Originally Posted by just another ref

My bad. I thought you were asking a rhetorical question. The point is that 0 and 00, while both legal numbers, are specifically forbidden from being on the same list. Other illegal number are not specifically forbidden from the list.
Is that the point? IOW, is it ok for a player to wear 66 every night, so long as he doesn't play?

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Exactly. You have correctly comprehended the situation.

Why can't A 66 enter the game? It's just an illegal number... B shoots two ft's and gets the ball and play on?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by CoachP

Why can't A 66 enter the game? It's just an illegal number... B shoots two ft's and gets the ball and play on?

Don't forget about the coach taking a sit for the rest of the game.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by CoachP

Why can't A 66 enter the game? It's just an illegal number... B shoots two ft's and gets the ball and play on?

Should have said can a player wear 66 every night without penalty, so long as he doesn't play?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Should have said can a player wear 66 every night without penalty, so long as he doesn't play?

The answer to your question is yes because of the specific wording used in 10-5-4.

"The head coach shall not permit a team member to participate while wearing an illegal uniform."

Therefore, a kid wearing 66 is not breaking any rule if he doesn't play.

Notice how this is different from the rule involving 0 and 00. That rule doesn't say something such as "a team shall not have players wearing both 0 and 00 participate during a game." (Which would be a better rule in my opinion and would make the ruling in the NFHS interp proper.) It simply says, "a team member list shall not have both..."