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Simbio Wed Sep 26, 2007 02:20pm

Changing Jerseys
 
Can a player go to his sideline, change jerseys numbers, and re-enter the game?

boboman316 Wed Sep 26, 2007 02:55pm

Yes, for instance, if they have a large amount of blood on their jersey, they may change jerseys.

txrefcshou Wed Sep 26, 2007 05:14pm

Yes they can and I am assuming you are talking about changing numbers.

JugglingReferee Wed Sep 26, 2007 05:27pm

Canadian Ruling
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Simbio
Can a player go to his sideline, change jerseys numbers, and re-enter the game?

CANADIAN RULING:

There is nothing that makes this act illegal. If a player is ejected, changes shirts, and comes back into the game, I will likely eject the head coach.

MJT Wed Sep 26, 2007 05:36pm

Sure. Sometimes lineman will switch to an eligible number to become the TE, or the TE will switch to a 50-79 number to meet the 5 lineman requirement. I'm sure the announcers and spotters don't like it though. ;)

bisonlj Wed Sep 26, 2007 11:09pm

We had a person at one of our association meetings state he had an issue with this based on the theory of deception. He was especially concerned due to the possibility of a player getting ejected. If they ejected player #25, they could change his jersey to #45 and the crew wouldn't know the same player returned. Many of us disagreed.

Ed Hickland Wed Sep 26, 2007 11:10pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by MJT
Sure. Sometimes lineman will switch to an eligible number to become the TE, or the TE will switch to a 50-79 number to meet the 5 lineman requirement. I'm sure the announcers and spotters don't like it though. ;)

Neither does the other team. I once had a star running back change his jersey at halftime. On the first run from scrimmage the defense yelled, "He's number 44 now."


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