If he's not listed, he's not supplied as far as I'm concerned.

What didn't the R catch that one book had more players than the other?

Not answering for the OP, but around here we only check the official book.

We do typically count players warming up and make sure there are more in the book than on the court.

We only check the official book, and given the specifics of this game, there were never (or at least rarely) all the players out for warm ups at any given moment, so all we could do was see that there were "about" 10 players and "at least" 10 names in the book.

Given that the visitors were behind something like 49-27 when this came up, and given the visitor's scorekeeper's (who was a HS kid at a religious school -- the game was between two schools that aren't even part of the IHSA)assertion that he told ("supplied") the home scorekeeper to add the name, I decided that the best thing to do was ignore the T. That doesn't mean that's what I'd do in a different circumstance -- thus my question as to what "supply" means.

Until they clarify this procedure, it is whatever you want that word to mean. There is no specific answer to that question in this specific situation. So if you feel the proper information was submitted, that is good enough for me. Now someone else might feel differently, but they should give an official reason why you would be wrong if you took the word of one of the parities. This is just a hole in the rule and that is why the NF changes language and clarifies what they mean with rules like this. I doubt this will change soon, but if it does that is the only time we can decide what the policy should be no matter what.

Peace

The Provisions State ...
 

Same in Connecticut.

Verification
 

This is exactly why I ask coaches to verify what is on the rosters I print from MaxPreps and make any additions/subtractions necessary before filling in my book.

Why would you even use such a resource in the first place? I would think that not many people from a school would be constantly updating that information. I have even found the school websites are almost never updated. I would think that would cause all kinds of problems with information.

Peace

Here in my little corner of Washington State, the floor officials check the official book for the # of players suited up. The other book is checked as well, but only if numbers don't add up.

At my game on Friday, the PA announcer printed the roster from some internet source and got the wrong school.

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The schools in my part of Southern California all do a pretty good job of at least putting a roster on MaxPreps which is always accurate! If they don't then I'll have that particular head coach write in his team and mark his starters.

You cannot even get updated information about the current team on the school's websites around here, let alone a high school site like MaxPreps. That has to be a regional issue that most of us probably would be weary to use.

Peace

Bob,
JRut is correct that this is a bit of a hole in the rules in terms of definition. In Central Ohio, we also count players and employ an "at least x number". In addition, I check that the two books match player countwise (customarily, we are asked to sign both books).

My attempt at logic here is the following:
1. The team was able to put the rest of the roster on paper with all names, numbers and starters listed.
2. A PENCIL/PEN was available at the scorer's table.
3. The visiting team had an opportunity to pick up said PENCIL/PEN to simply update their preprinted roster.

Conclusion: If team is behind by less than 20 points, I would issue a "T" (I call this the Jenkins Rule). I quite probably would have done what Bob did in this situation. But, had it been a competitive game, the team's decision to take a short cut would have been penalized. If we start accepting verbal communication in such cases, a whole can of worms with which we do not wish to deal would be opened.

The rule does not state that a "written" roster and 5 designated starters - so technically - a case could be made that verbally providing the roster/starters would be acceptable.

Just adding the word "written" could solve a lot of problems.

Are we talking FED or NCAA?

IT was a FED game, but I think this rule is the same.