Unusual situation

[gfrederking]

B5 had already entered game earlier. B5 was not one of the original 5 on the court coming out of time-out, but had entered the game earlier.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by gfrederking

B5 had already entered game earlier. B5 was not one of the original 5 on the court coming out of time-out, but had entered the game earlier.

Then this was called correctly. B5 is not in the game... he can't just rush in. And you can't make a substitution by having one of your 5 sit, and then sending someone else into the game.

If B5 had been one of the 5 on the court (i.e. HE was the one who erroneously left the court and sat down), and they weren't (in the referee's opinion) doing this to gain an advantage or trick the other team - they should have simply played on.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Then this was called correctly. B5 is not in the game... he can't just rush in. And you can't make a substitution by having one of your 5 sit, and then sending someone else into the game.

If B5 had been one of the 5 on the court (i.e. HE was the one who erroneously left the court and sat down), and they weren't (in the referee's opinion) doing this to gain an advantage or trick the other team - they should have simply played on.

Which is a terrible ruling from the NFHS.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Which is a terrible ruling from the NFHS.

Why?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Which is a terrible ruling from the NFHS.

I agree with you, even if I think that starting with a number other than 10 is really something that shouldn't happen.

How am I supposed to know if a random player coming off the bench is a player that was in the game or not in the game at that particular time?

And there's no way that a scorer is going to be on the ball to know the difference. If a player comes in and it seems to meet this criteria, I'm not stopping play -- they might just get away with one.

[Nevadaref]

This isn't hockey.

Rich pointed out how this will normally cause confusion as most scorers don't keep track of which five are currently in the game.

[just another ref]

Okay, I'll buy that.

[stick]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Then this was called correctly. B5 is not in the game... he can't just rush in. And you can't make a substitution by having one of your 5 sit, and then sending someone else into the game.

If B5 had been one of the 5 on the court (i.e. HE was the one who erroneously left the court and sat down), and they weren't (in the referee's opinion) doing this to gain an advantage or trick the other team - they should have simply played on.

Had a similar situation last year. Team A only had 5 players. At one point during play, the coach from team A took one player aside sat her down and was instructing her. We let play go on. She came back in after the next whistle. A little while later the same girl drove to the basket, got fouled and sprained her ankle real bad--she had to be taken out of the game. Since there were no subs to come in to shoot the ft's who do you suppose, by rule, gets to shoot those free throws?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by stick

Had a similar situation last year. Team A only had 5 players. At one point during play, the coach from team A took one player aside sat her down and was instructing her.

He doesn't get to do this (stringency may be determined by game level).

Originally Posted by stick

We let play go on. She came back in after the next whistle. A little while later the same girl drove to the basket, got fouled and sprained her ankle real bad--she had to be taken out of the game. Since there were no subs to come in to shoot the ft's who do you suppose, by rule, gets to shoot those free throws?

I'll bet the opposing coach wanted to pick.

[jeremy341a]

Originally Posted by Adam

He doesn't get to do this (stringency may be determined by game level).

Why can he not do this?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

Why can he not do this?

Because if you have 5 eligible players, you have to have 5 on the court.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

Why can he not do this?

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Because if you have 5 eligible players, you have to have 5 on the court.

what bob said.

If he wants to have a consultation with her, that's fine, she can even sit down, but she has to stay on the court.

[jeremy341a]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Because if you have 5 eligible players, you have to have 5 on the court.

I know but wasn't there a post on here that the consensus was if the coach says they are not eligible then we are to believe them.