14B.4 Players
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I suggest to split this section and put in 2 clarifications. Hockey is a team sport, a player should not be allowed to play within two teams. (Normal behaviar and rule playing in a league.
Substitutions should not happen probably suprising (e.g. in the back of an opposing team) it should be well seen by the opposing team. The suggested rule change is a rule used in the german league for years, based on experitions.
Old: 14B.4 Number Of Players
A team on the field consists of up to five players with a team requiring a minimum of three players to begin a match. Player substitutions are possible at any time with the substituting player entering the field at the same location only after the other has completely left it. It is not necessary to indicate substitutions to the referee. Each player can be the goalkeeper at any time. The goalkeeper has no special rights.
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14B.4 Players
14B.4.1 Number Of Players
A player is allowed to play only for one team. If hockey is played splitted in diffent levels (diffent competitions) the player has to decide in which team he wants play. A team on the field consists of up to five players with a team requiring a minimum of three players to begin a match.
14B.4.2 Player substitutions
Player substitutions are possible at any time with the substituting player entering the field at the same location only after the other has
completely left it. In the non-stopped game the location of substitution has to be in the teams own half. It is not necessary to indicate substitutions to the referee.
14B.4.3 Goalkeeper
Each player can be the goalkeeper at any time. The goalkeeper has no special rights.
If voting members agree in rough terms they should bring it to proposal now!
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Thanks for this suggestion. I generally support all of it.
14B.4.2 Player substitutions: Currently, I would prefer to generally only allow substitution in the teams own half but add an additional sentence, that "wrong" substitutions and also having too many players on the field is only enforced when there is "normal" play. This would result in the same rule but would also allow having too many players on the field after a goal and before e.g. executing a free shot. In my opinion, this would benefit the sport as substitutions can happen more quickly and teams do not need to wait as long until their substitution happen. This would also be the same rule as in other hockey variants (as far as I know).
I can't bring this to a proposal, but I think we anyway have (much) more time (see email from yesterday). So we don't need to rush this.