where to award ball

jdicqitdi · #1 (**permalink**) Sun Apr 21, 2002, 08:30am

team a calls time out, after time out they send 7 players on to field. whistle blows to start play and ref counts 7 and blows whistle. is this a flag or tech. foul turn over?? free clear??

eevans · #2 (**permalink**) Sun Apr 21, 2002, 06:42pm

After the TO the bench-side official should engage his beeper and allow the teams the full 20 seconds to get the right number of players on the field. After that time, if a team wants to play short-handed, they can. If team in possession has too many out there..it's a turn-over (no flag). If team not in possession has too many...then it's flag down.

SIDRef · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Apr 22, 2002, 12:26pm

Eric,

I thought we always have to restart with proper number of players? My understanding was a team could NOT play with fewer....

eevans · #4 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 23, 2002, 10:50am

By rule, the only time the officials have to see that teams have the proper number of players on the field is at the start of a period and on the re-start after a goal. At other times if a team wants to play man (no penalty for stupidity)..they can...as long as the sub who dashes in late does not create a disadvantage for the other team (then you'd have an illegal substitution)