[NU Sports] Bacher in Special Team? (fwd)

[Roy Lamberton]

You can change a number if you are wearing one of the lineman numbers and go
into an eligible position. 

Guards sometimes move to FB, or Tight End, and then become eligible. They used
to wear a special pinny but then later changed to a new jersey to wear the
proper number.

Not sure if they've changed the rules about numbers, but they still have to
check in with the linesman to confirm their eligibility to catch the ball. At
least I think that's where the rules sit these days.

Where's the "ole Ref" when we need him


rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Mike Nolan
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 4:25 PM
> To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Bacher in Special Team? (fwd)
> 
> 
> > - You can't have a player switch numbers any time during a game.
> > - The 5 offensive linemen who are ineligible receivers must be 
> > numbered 50-79.
> 
> I think both of these can be waived with proper notification 
> to the officials and (probably) the other team.  
> 
> The most likely situation for needing to switch someone's 
> uniform number 
> mid-game is in case the player's jersey is damaged and they 
> don't have 
> a replacement available with that number on it, something 
> more likely to 
> happen at small schools with a limited budget.
> --
> Mike Nolan
> 
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