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DetlefK

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1. Why can't they just do it like in Volleyball?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Sep 21, 2017, 04:14 AM

Sep 2017

Volleyball has 6 field-players per team.

They don't do that in professional matches, but for fun matches it's perfectly normal to play with less people to even things out.
There's a formation how to play with a team of 6.
There's a formation how to play with a team of 5.
There's a formation how to play with a team of 4.
There's a formation how to play with a team of 3.
There's a formation how to play with a team of 2.

If there's one team of 8 players and one team of 11 players, why can't the bigger team just play with 3 people less?

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Forfeits in Iowa high school football continue: What's the answer? [View all] TexasTowelie Sep 2017 OP

Why can't they just do it like in Volleyball? DetlefK Sep 2017 #1

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