Another potential Illegal Participation play

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by l3will

I'd might even invoke 9-9-1...
A player or nonplayer or person not subject to the rules shall not hinder play
by an unfair act which has no specific coverage.

I think to be an "unfair act", it has to be uncontroversially unfair, not just a questionable loophole that people would argue about. Other rule books refer to "obviously unfair" and "palpably unfair" (the original wording in the NCAA rules from which the USAn codes derived) acts, but I don't think Fed's omission of such a qualifier was meant to give the referee more leeway.

Robert