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Lesser Penalty ...
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Originally Posted by justacoach
... violation for leaving the court for an unauthorized reason ... In the olden days, was not this action subject to a TF call ... changed to a violation, reason given, a lesser penalty would increase likelihood of it being called.
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Yes it was a technical foul and was changed to a violation to give more incentive to call it more often.
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A few years ago I offered a suggestion to the NFHS for a rule change, for the same reason, to change purposely and/or deceitfully delay returning after legally being out of bounds from a technical foul to a violation. They're similar (complementary) infractions. Even offered previous changes (swinging elbows without contact, leaving the court for an unauthorized reason) for the same reason (lesser penalty would increase likelihood of it being called). My suggestion made its way all the way up the ladder to the NFHS Basketball rules committee final agenda, to be voted down.
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