illegal/unreported subs

[Dakota]

Originally posted by kono
Reading thru the PONY rule book, and want to make sure I understand correctly - For illegal or unreported subs, I say nothing unless someone points it out to me???

Speaking ASA (since I don't know Pony rules).

Strictly speaking, neither of these are appeal plays. So whoever "discovers" the problem may deal with it without waiting on the coaches, etc. to act. If the offended team discovers it, it is handled as a protest.

I will prevent the illegal (reported) sub ("Coach, you can't do that.") I probably will not catch the unreported sub, unless it is obvious (e.g. batter coming to bat is called back by the coach and a different batter comes in; pitching change; etc.). If it is obvious, I will ask the coach if he is making a substitution rather than allow it to continue to a protest.

If the game has an official scorekeeper, the scorekeeper should keep out of it.

If the official scorekeeper is also associated with one of the teams (100% true for our ASA or NFHS games), then you can't really prevent the scorekeeper from helping "his/her" coach.