Deaf School Situation

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by chymechowder

admittedly extreme devil's advocacy: let's say the coach gave the jersey to what appeared to be a 26-year old woman. or a mom from the crowd. or a man. (I'm picturing Coolidge from the White Shadow squeezing into that #21 shirt.)

It's still not our call, right? We just have the book changed and assess the T. If the other coach wants to file a protest with the league, that's his/her business.

Because we're never in the business of verifying school IDs, driver's licenses, or--gulp--primary sex characteristics, right?...if it did come to that, though, whose purview would include the locker room peek? The R or the U?

Right, we have no responsibility as to the eligibility of a player to participate in a game. That is strictly a league or state issue. If they are properly dressed and listed in the book, they get to play. The state can decide if they used ineligible players.

I understand the OP's confusion on the number change. The way to view it is that you are just changing two players' numbers. The new player to 21 and the old 21 to whatever number the coach might want to give you (or maybe none at all but it would be cleaner to have one).