Weekly question 2 days late.

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Originally posted by cdnRef


I could be wrong but I think you probably would have had a substitution infraction ref18. The huddle had already broken and from the wording of the scenario I think the gates would have been up prior to this player stepping on the field.

Of course, on second reading it could be one of those where the side guys says, "he was on before the gates went up".



[Edited by cdnRef on Dec 20th, 2004 at 02:45 PM]

There would've been a substituion infraction, no question about it. When I work as the LJ, I always talk the players off if they come in after my gates are up, unless they were already moving before A broke the huddle. And everyone's listened, so far I haven't had to throw a flag for illegal substitution because they came on after my gates were up.