2016 Fed changes

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally Posted by RKBUmp

This is the NFHS test question from the 2013 test.

An offensive substitute has officially entered the game when the ball is live and she replaces a runner on base or takes her place in the batter's box.

The answer was true, and notice the statement "when the ball is live". NFHS changed the substitution reporting rule a few years ago. The sub is not officially in the game until reported and the ball is made live.

And is e not a sub heading of Art 3? Wouldnt that make article 3 one of the above situations of e?

I will not do a continued back and forth; this will be my last post on this topic.

1) The question posed is standard poor NFHS test question example. It doesn't state if the substitute was announced or not, and once the sub is in the game with a live ball, it doesn't matter. It also an affirmative and one-directional statement; it doesn't ask about the alternative (if announced, but ball not yet alive).

2) Your subjective reading as subheading isn't the linear rationale of how one reads a rule book.

Originally Posted by NFHS

Art.3 ... The plate umpire shall record all substitutions on the lineup card and then announce immediately any change(s) to the opposing team's head coach. Projected substitutions are not permitted. If there is no announcement of substitutions, a substitute has entered the game when:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e. and, in each of the above situations, when the ball is declared live by the umpire.

The items a-e apply If there is no announcement of substitutions. If there is an announcement, STOP READING, what follows until you see Art. 4 does not apply.

3. YES, they changed the substitution rule; in 2013. The change clarified the obligation to announce subs to the opposing head coach, not simply an "official" scorekeeper. There was no other change with respect to when a substitution became official.

What you are saying is a common misconception; you may have even been instructed that by someone in authority. It simply is NOT the NFHS rule, however.