Illegal substitution?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Snaqs:

This really isn't a problem to handle in Ohio. Games are scheduled one of the following ways: (1) A freshmen game as a stand alone game; (2) Jr. Varsity/Varsity DH; or (3) Freshmen/Jr. Varsity/Varsity triple-header.

In Items (2) and (3) the same scorekeepers handle the books for all of the games and they keep track of the quarters played. The scorekeeper marks the number of quarters that the player has already played in the previous game(s). It really isn't very difficult.

MTD, Sr.

Fair enough, I would have expected some streamlined process to handle it and track it. The fact is, it's one more thing for the officials to deal with. I prefer the idea of letting the state deal with it, and the incentive is stronger with the possibility of having to forefeit a game in which they used an ineligible player.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Fair enough, I would have expected some streamlined process to handle it and track it. The fact is, it's one more thing for the officials to deal with. I prefer the idea of letting the state deal with it, and the incentive is stronger with the possibility of having to forefeit a game in which they used an ineligible player.

Snaqs:

I still don't why you find it a problem. The game officials only have to impose the penalty if a player plays in a 6th quarter in one day. There are no game reports to be filed, the game officials are not involved in any of the record keeping, that is a school's repsosibility. I don't even worry about it. It is a scorekeeper's responsibility to keep track of the quarters played just like he would keep track of a player's fouls committed in a game.

MTD, Sr.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Snaqs:

I still don't why you find it a problem. The game officials only have to impose the penalty if a player plays in a 6th quarter in one day. There are no game reports to be filed, the game officials are not involved in any of the record keeping, that is a school's repsosibility. I don't even worry about it. It is a scorekeeper's responsibility to keep track of the quarters played just like he would keep track of a player's fouls committed in a game.

MTD, Sr.

I can see how it wouldn't really be a problem. It's not like you have to watch for it like you watch for fouls. I just personally think it's best left out of the officials' hands. If I was in Ohio, I'd get used to it, though. Of course, I doubt you really ever have to deal with it.