Rare plays

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

Nope. Seen it. I actually had an intramural teammate request one when I was in college in the 80s. The poor guys on the game - fellow students - had no idea what he was talking about.

A buddy of mine had it happen in a JV game. Subbing coach threw a fit. A few games later, the coach saw the official at another game and showed him the rule book, pointing at the part that says the captain has to request it. Official, fighting all sorts of urges, reminds the coach that it was the captain who requested it.