Changing numbers

[benbret]

High School NF Rules. In first half #40 vistor gets USC pentalty. After half time head coach from home teams tells back judge that # 40 changed numbers durning halftime and is now #35. 4th quarter # 35 gets USC. How would you deal with this. The crew had no way of knowing that the number was changed. There was no #40 for the vistors the second half. The coach denied the change which is not surprising. If a coach will change the players jersey number at half time he sure would not tell the truth.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by benbret

In first half #40 vistor gets USC pentalty. After half time head coach from home teams tells back judge that # 40 changed numbers durning halftime and is now #35. 4th quarter # 35 gets USC. How would you deal with this. The crew had no way of knowing that the number was changed. There was no #40 for the vistors the second half. The coach denied the change which is not surprising. If a coach will change the players jersey number at half time he sure would not tell the truth.

CANADIAN RULING:

We do not have a 2-USCs-and-you're-gone, so playing under a different jersey number prior to being ejected is legal. If a player has been ejected and plays under a different jersey number, the rule to govern this is the elastic power rule, since our book doesn't specifically mention what to do.

Naturally, I would send the ejected player off and prevent him from playing again. As for the coach, the most common options would likely be a non-yardage OC ejection, or nothing.

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by benbret

High School NF Rules. In first half #40 vistor gets USC pentalty. After half time head coach from home teams tells back judge that # 40 changed numbers durning halftime and is now #35. 4th quarter # 35 gets USC. How would you deal with this. The crew had no way of knowing that the number was changed. There was no #40 for the vistors the second half. The coach denied the change which is not surprising. If a coach will change the players jersey number at half time he sure would not tell the truth.

Ask the coach for a name.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by benbret

High School NF Rules. In first half #40 vistor gets USC pentalty. After half time head coach from home teams tells back judge that # 40 changed numbers durning halftime and is now #35. 4th quarter # 35 gets USC. How would you deal with this. The crew had no way of knowing that the number was changed. There was no #40 for the vistors the second half. The coach denied the change which is not surprising. If a coach will change the players jersey number at half time he sure would not tell the truth.

These 2 pieces of your story don't sit well together.

[Jmuvol]

I would have a hard time ejecting #35 without clear knowledge that the jersey had been switched. The opposition coach is not a credible source. Not that I don't believe that a coach would do this intentionally. As a referee, I would write up a game report for my association with the facts as we know them. The association would send it to the state office and they can discuss with the coach his actions.

[daggo66]

The BJ should have informed the R what he was told and the R should then have confirmed the information with the team that switched jerseys.