How to Correctly Model Captains and Players in an NHL ER Diagram?

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In summary, there are several requirements for a simple database for the National Hockey League (NHL) including multiple teams with various information such as name, city, coach, captain, and players. Each player has a unique team, name, position, skill level, and injury records. A team captain is also a player and games are played between two teams with a date and score. It is not recommended to use "ISA" or generalization for captain and player as they should be considered as separate entities.
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My main confusion is can I use "ISA" in captain and player? Can I use generalization there?
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Suppose you are given the following requirements for a simple database for the National Hockey League (NHL):
1) the NHL has many teams,

2) each team has a name, a city, a coach, a captain, and a set of players.

3) each player belongs to only one team,

4) each player has a name, a position (such as left wing or goalie), a skill level, and a set of injury records,

5) a team captain is also a player,

6) a game is played between two teams (referred to as host_team and guest_team) and has a date (such as May 11th, 1999) and a score (such as 4 to 2).
Here's my solution. Is it correct?
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My main confusion is can I use "ISA" in captain and player? Can I use generalization there?Here's the solution to this problem.
https://www2.cs.sfu.ca/CourseCentral/354/louie/Chap2_practice_key.pdf
 
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Don't you usually do a functional dependency diagram?
 
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WWGD said:
Don't you usually do a functional dependency diagram?
Not when the question asks for an entity relationship diagram :-p (see the title)
shivajikobardan said:
Homework Statement:: My main confusion is can I use "ISA" in captain and player? Can I use generalization there?
No, your main confusion is that you have two different entities for "captain" and "player".
 
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pbuk said:
No, your main confusion is that you have two different entities for "captain" and "player".
Hmm, so that's a mistake in your opinion?
 

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