Exception to 3-3-1-a?

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by sj

I had a first tonight. Time out is over and a girl comes to the table and checks in. She starts to come onto the floor and I stop and tell her she has to wait because she checked in after the first horn. Her coach then comes up and informs me that she needs to go in because the player she is replacing is having, how can I put this delicately, girl problems. Well, that's just great. After a brief discussion I decided I'd allow it but not before I went and told the other coach. So I got to do that too. She was understanding and I figured that the coach probably wouldn't make that particular story up just to get a player in a game. But by the time all that was over the original player was ready to go so she came onto the floor and she played. I guess I missed the training class where they discussed these things because it was a new one on me.

I guess you could call that an injury or illness but someone is sure to take offense to that. Regardless, treat it the same, let the player be replaced. However, once she was replaced, even if you had not yet put the ball back in play, she was no longer eligible to return until the next whistle after the clock had run.