Actually the RULE 10-4-2 says:
Bench personnel shall not: Enter the court unless by permission of an official to attend an injured player.
PENALTY: (Arts. 1, 2, 3) Two free throws plus ball for division-line throw-in. The foul is charged to the offender (5 offenders) and also charged indirectly (5 indirects, althought they are gone at 3) to the head coach.
So if we had a situation like this happen the offended coach should get 10 freethrows and the ball as well as an ejection of the offender for 5 indirect "T's". A little severe(sp?) Yep! Call the "T" on the first player early in the game and you probably won't have to deal with THIS later.
In a Varsity game we can't be enforcing on not enforcing rules to our liking because we may not like the outcome.
However. if I was a quick thinking official (which I am sometimes) I might crack my whistle for a timeout charged to the offending team and when that coach says something I would go explain to him/her 10-4-2. I think they would understand what you just did for him/her, don't you?
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Ron
Seattle Officials - Women's Basketball
[This message has been edited by Ron Pilo (edited January 11, 2000).]
[This message has been edited by Ron Pilo (edited January 11, 2000).]