[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by UNIgiantslayers

I think we were both talking about the same thing. The advent/allowance of a coaching box signaled the end of the seat belt rule.

As far as I'm concerned there is a seatbelt rule still in place, but one that's not as restrictive as the old rule.

The new rule (with a coaching box) seatbelts a head coach after a technical foul (direct or indirect), but even after being seatbelted still allows him to stand up for a few listed reasons (request a timeout or signal his players to request a timeout, to confer with personnel at the scorer’s table to request a timeout for correctable error, or timing, scoring or alternating-possession errors, to replace or remove a disqualified/injured/directed to leave the game player, during a charged time out, or the intermission between quarters and extra periods, to spontaneously react to an outstanding play by a team member or to acknowledge a replaced player).

In ancient times, the old seatbelt rule (before the coaching box) was much more restrictive, during the entire game (even absent a direct or indirect technical foul) the coach had to sit on the bench except for the reasons listed above.