You make the call

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Originally Posted by icallfouls

When it comes to issues that are not specifically covered in the rules, the R makes the final determination. Sometimes there is no rule backing.

The problem with this statement is that this is covered in the rules.

Originally Posted by icallfouls

A few years ago, someone went to a TV monitor to get a play right. Was it allowable by the rules? NO. Did they get the play right? YES. That is the job.

Video monitor review is forbidden in NFHS games. I have no idea when/where/how/why this happened, but it is definitely outside the rules, and that is NOT the job.

Originally Posted by icallfouls

In regard to the topic at hand: It is their job to make sure the line up is correct, all that little statement did was remind them.

It is not their job to make sure the lineup in the official book is correct. It is only their job to make sure the lineup they submit is correct.

This isn't a difficult issue at all. Why make it more complicated than it needs to be - especially when doing what you have suggested is beyond the scope of the rules.