Exception to 3-3-1-a?

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Originally Posted by Camron Rust

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.

Unless I'm missing something, which is entirely possible, I'm not seeing why the clock would have to run before the first player could come back in. The sub was never beckoned, never came on the floor and the ball never became live. The player was never replaced. All the sub had done was check in and essentially was always at the table waiting to come in at the first legal opportunity.