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Nevada
I think it is a huge stretch to say that the reaching through the plane T is for unsportsmanlike behavior. It exists to prevent an unsportsmanlike delay in the agme by the defense, but it is not in and of itself unsporting. It is an act that occurs in an instant as part of playing the game. Dissension, taunting, talking trash, profanity - diffferent type of action altogether.
And yes, you could have a player learn something from the first T by suspending for the second T. But then again, you could have a player learn from the first T by suspending for the first T, if that was what the rule was intended to do.
So no, I don't think all Ts are unsporting, I don't think all Ts should result in a suspension. I hope that most states distinguish between types of Ts.
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