Substitute required?

[BayStateRef]

From a pre-season rules exam (NFHS rules):

True/False:
Substitutes are required for an injured player when a team's trainer runs onto the court to tend to an injured player.

That's it. Pick the right answer.

The rule (3-4-6) says:
"A player who has been injured to the extent that the coach or any other bench personnel is beckoned and/or comes onto the court shall be directed to leave the game, unless a time-out is requested by, and granted to, his/her team and the situation can be corrected by the end of the time-out."

What is being tested here? Whether the substitution must be made in every instance (False. A time out keeps the player in the game.) Or...that with no other information....the player must be replaced because the trainer came onto the court?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BayStateRef

What is being tested here? Whether the substitution must be made in every instance (False. A time out keeps the player in the game.) Or...that with no other information....the player must be replaced because the trainer came onto the court? [/FONT]

You should not read into the question. Did the question even address the timeout? If not, then that should not be a factor.

Peace

[tref]

Originally Posted by BayStateRef

True/False:
Substitutes are required for an injured player when a team's trainer runs onto the court to tend to an injured player.

What is being tested here? Whether the substitution must be made in every instance (False. A time out keeps the player in the game.) Or...that with no other information....the player must be replaced because the trainer came onto the court? [/FONT]

I think its the latter. We should take into consideration only the information given in the question. True, a sub is required when the trainer enters the court. The coach can request a timeout to buy the player back in or send a sub.

[bob jenkins]

A similar question, with the same issue, is on the NCAAW test.

[Camron Rust]

It is is not mentioned in the question, it didn't happen. Since no timeout was mentioned, there was no timeout. Therefore, the player must be substituted.