LaxRef
06-26-2006, 01:16 PM
For those of you who don't recall, the NCAA stacking rule says:
f. A maximum of three players from the same team can be in the specialsubstitution area serving penalties at the same time. The penalty time of additional players will not start unless the penalty time of one of the three players in the special-substitution area expires. A player's penalty cannot be released by a goal until he is in the special substitution area and the time on his penalty has started to elapse.
A.R. 1. A1, A2, A3, and A4 receive one-minute releasable penalties which are all reported during the same dead ball. A1, A2, and A3 begin to serve their penalties at the same time, while A4 waits in the bench area immediately next to the scorer's table but not in the special substitution area. Team A restarts play with 7 players on the field. (1) Team B scores a goal after 30 seconds. (2) Team B does not score a goal in the next minute. RULING: (1) A1, A2, and A3 are released, and A4 begins serving his one-minute penalty. (2) A1 and A2 may enter the field. A3 must exit to the bench area, and A4 steps into the special substitution area and begins serving his penalty. Team A is now playing with 9 players on the field. A3 may now substitute into the game in the normal manner if desired.
The question is, does such a rule make sense for NFHS (high school) lacrosse? The heart of the question is whether the fouled team benefits more from being up, say, 4 men for one minute, with a goal releasing all penalties, or 3 men for a minute then 1 man for another minute.
My thought is that good teams are going to score whether up 3 or 4 men, so they'd rather have the penalties stack so they get an additional man-up opportunity. Poor teams, OTOH, might prefer to have a 4-man advantage for one minute since they have such trouble scoring.
f. A maximum of three players from the same team can be in the specialsubstitution area serving penalties at the same time. The penalty time of additional players will not start unless the penalty time of one of the three players in the special-substitution area expires. A player's penalty cannot be released by a goal until he is in the special substitution area and the time on his penalty has started to elapse.
A.R. 1. A1, A2, A3, and A4 receive one-minute releasable penalties which are all reported during the same dead ball. A1, A2, and A3 begin to serve their penalties at the same time, while A4 waits in the bench area immediately next to the scorer's table but not in the special substitution area. Team A restarts play with 7 players on the field. (1) Team B scores a goal after 30 seconds. (2) Team B does not score a goal in the next minute. RULING: (1) A1, A2, and A3 are released, and A4 begins serving his one-minute penalty. (2) A1 and A2 may enter the field. A3 must exit to the bench area, and A4 steps into the special substitution area and begins serving his penalty. Team A is now playing with 9 players on the field. A3 may now substitute into the game in the normal manner if desired.
The question is, does such a rule make sense for NFHS (high school) lacrosse? The heart of the question is whether the fouled team benefits more from being up, say, 4 men for one minute, with a goal releasing all penalties, or 3 men for a minute then 1 man for another minute.
My thought is that good teams are going to score whether up 3 or 4 men, so they'd rather have the penalties stack so they get an additional man-up opportunity. Poor teams, OTOH, might prefer to have a 4-man advantage for one minute since they have such trouble scoring.