requesting defensive substitution

loners4me

Must this be requested by HC or can a team captain make request.....or anyone know where to read up on this?

egj13

Are you talking about a defensive matchup as in 3-3-1e??

bob jenkins

loners4me wrote
Must this be requested by HC or can a team captain make request.....or anyone know where to read up on this?

Assuming you are talking about a defensive matchup, not only CAN the captain make a request, the captain is the only one listed in 3-3-1e.

As a practical matter, I'm granting it no matter who on the team makes the request.

loners4me

3-3-1e is it. Thanks guys!

loners4me

What happens of the captain is on the bench?

BigCat

loners4me wrote
What happens of the captain is on the bench?

see Bob's earlier post. Allow it no matter who asks for it.

bob jenkins

loners4me wrote
What happens of the captain is on the bench?

By rule, the R has to grant the request from the captain. The rule is silent on what to do if the request is from other than the captain. So, we get to use 2-3.

BillyMac

bob jenkins wrote
By rule, the R has to grant the request from the captain.

It has to be the speaking captain, the one the referee asked for in the pregame conference, the one the referee asked to show him his number, and the one that the referee asked if he was starting the game. Yada yada.