Illegal Numbers-NFHS

[BillyMac]

Team A has one team member wearing 0, and the another team member wearing 00. Maybe one, or both participate, becoming players. Maybe they don't. In all cases, the 0, and 00, are discovered after the ten minute mark. Maybe before the game starts. Maybe after the game starts.

Are these considered identical numbers?
Penalized when discovered: A team shall not have identical numbers on team members, and/or players, after the ten minute time limit. Team technical foul. Charged upon discovery of identical numbers. A maximum of one foul per team regardless of the number of infractions. A maximum of one technical foul per team regardless of the number of infractions for 2a, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4a. Only one team member may wear a given number; the other must change to a number not already in use before participating.

Are these considered illegal numbers?Penalized when discovered: The head coach shall not permit a team member to participate while wearing an illegal number. Head coach direct technical foul. Penalized when discovered. A maximum of one technical foul shall be charged directly to the head coach regardless of the number of offenders. The team member with the illegal uniform number may participate without further penalty and is not required to change his/her number. If no changes are made to the scorebook, no infraction has occurred.

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[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Are these considered identical numbers

Are these considered illegal numbers

According to the 2008-2009 interps, the answers are "No" and "Yes."

Note that some (NevadaRef for one) think the interp is "wrong." If you search the other interps in that thread, you'll find one from 2002 or so (I'm doing thsi from memory) that has an immediate T for duplicate numbers if both 0 and 00 are listed.

Anyone can proposed rules changes to the FED -- you should do so if it bothers you.