No sub for fouled out player

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

Hmmm...I think we lost track of the OP with all of our responses. Do you mean that there was no sub available at all or there wasn't anyone reported or??? I think everyone went off and answered without the full details.

I had read the OP to mean that there were no eligible substitutes that could replace the DQ'd player, and they'd have to continue with four. But I don't believe it matters which way you read it, the answer is still the same. Once the official is notified that the player has five fouls, we do not continue the game until we've taken care of all the proper notifications and the DQ'd player leaves the game. Normally that means a sub replaces him, but if the team is out of subs, you go on with fewer than five.