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x-tremeump · #1 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 05, 2013, 06:09pm

NCAA T or F ?

Team A has been reduced to 9 eligible players. Leading 12-3 in the bottom of the 6th inning, B1 on team A turns her ankle after rounding first base on an outfield hit. She crawls safely back to first base, but is unable to stand without assistance, and her coach determines that she must leave the game. The game is declared a forfeit, and team B is awarded a 7-0 victory.

hit4power · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 05, 2013, 09:22pm

I am not an umpire, but my kid is starting to play NCAA and I'm trying to learn the rules...

Why wouldn't the 8 run rule (6.13) be in effect here? Shouldn't the game have ended after the 5th inning?

Manny A · #3 (**permalink**) Wed Feb 06, 2013, 06:07am

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Originally Posted by hit4power

Why wouldn't the 8 run rule (6.13) be in effect here? Shouldn't the game have ended after the 5th inning?

Perhaps this is a championship game where the run-rule is not in affect.

Otherwise, you are correct. The game should have been declared a win for the home team before this situation took place. So maybe this is a trick question and the answer is False.

NCAA does not have a short-hand rule. If a team is reduced to less than nine eligible players, then the opposing team is granted an immediate forfeit. See 8.1.1.1 and 8.1.1.2 Effect.

KJUmp · #4 (**permalink**) Wed Feb 06, 2013, 06:24am

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Originally Posted by Manny A

Perhaps this is a championship game where the run-rule is not in affect.

Only in effect if the respective Divisional softball committee formally declared before the start of the tournament....so we're talking the exception here, not the rule.

And yes, I agree the answer is False.

EsqUmp · #5 (**permalink**) Wed Feb 06, 2013, 07:43am

This type of question does not belong on a test. Questions supposed to test knowledge, not trick umpires into incorrect answers. The fact that the question presupposes that the umpires already did something incorrectly (allowing a batter to bat when the game was officially over), is improper.

Manny A · #6 (**permalink**) Wed Feb 06, 2013, 08:30am

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Originally Posted by EsqUmp

This type of question does not belong on a test.

And yet, this type of question is typically found on every test. Sometimes, there are multiple questions like this.

There are also questions that leave out so much information, you have no idea what's going on. It's almost as if the test writers do not want anybody to get all questions correct.