team with not 3 mids on face off

[eevans]

1. As per ncaa rules and alluded to in the fed. rules, the only time officials are required to make sure there are ten players for each team on the field (including in the pen. area) is on the faceoffs after a goal and at the start of a period. The mechanic is for off-official (in 2-man game)
to engage beeper when FO official arrives at Ctr. X to write down score. Hand is up (a stop sign). He waits until each team has the requisite number of players on the field.
The team has the 20-seconds (beeper time) to do this.
If they don't, and beeper goes off before they are in position, then it's illegal procedure (delay of game) and other team gets the ball (pause a second or two here to make ssure the penalized team gets that player on...don't want to penalize them twice).

2. a broken crosse is considered no crosse. Can't play without it. Can't yell instructions, can't set a screen, can't run to ensure team is onsides, etc. etc, etc. Drop the crosse, run directly to bench to procure another one or have a teammate sub for you. If broken crosse lying on the ground prersents a safety issue with play going on around it..kill the play.