Just for kicks

[HawkeyeCubP]

Originally Posted by PSU213

Does he really meet the definition of a substitute? I can break down 2-31-15 two different ways (I am leaving parts of the rule out, and how it is interpreted depends on how one reads the rule as a whole):

First would be "a substitute becomes a player when he enters the field and...participates in the play." In which case he would not qualify as a sub in this play since he never did enter the field.

The definition is saying that he is a substitute whose status is changed to a player "when he enters the field..." (He's not becoming a substitute by entering the field - he's a substitute who's becoming a player by entering the field, etc.)