Sub becomes a Player?
I am just want to see if the following question is splitting hairs with the way it is worded??
If a substitute enters illegally, he becomes a player after the ball becomes live? My answer key has this question as T, but the rule book specifically states that a sub becomes a player when the ball becomes live, not after. So which is it --- when the ball becomes live or after it becomes live. Or would you consider these two occurrences to be at the same time? I am probably reading too much into the question?? Thanks in advance! |
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It's obvious in other areas that the NFHS doesn't know the difference between "when" and "after." |
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The test question is not, in fact, splitting hairs. It takes "when" and "after" to be the same for the purposes of becoming a legal player. Your question attempts to split that hair, and the responses you got seem to indicate that your concern is unnecessary. <s>After</s> When you've been on the forum for a while, you'll realize that many questions are answered quickly and then the thread becomes a series of childish inside jokes. This is normal and is not a reflection on the person who has asked the original question. Feel free to post your own childish joke <s>when</s> after you've read this post. |
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The natural response when reading the question, especially when the stakes of the test are high (ratings, money, or whatever), is to overthink the question and start splitting hairs. We've all done it, and to a degree, we all still do it from time to time. If you wanted to know if we think the question should be worded differently, you should have asked that question instead of getting huffy when we don't answer a question you didn't ask. My further point is that the NFHS has already demonstrated an inability to recognize the difference between those two terms. |
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