Not enough chairs for team/staff. What to do?

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Originally Posted by FMadera

Team bench refers to an area rather than a piece of equipment. They can sit on the floor and players seated constitute the end of the team bench.

The thought that the bench is an area rather than a piece of equipment is quite reasonable.

That theory, though, demands that we expect that players should sit on the floor in what would otherwise be considered playable area. That seems inconsistent with the efforts to keep players (and non-players in the bench area) safe.

When this is all finalized, I'm quite curious what the NFHS will cite as their rule reference for this one.