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Originally posted by JAdams
Did we do the right thing in relation to the one technical? Or should we have overlooked it completely? Or should we have tossed all the black players and coach who came on the floor before the "end" of the game?
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There were no ejections involved, by rule, except for the head coach. You only have ejections if the bench players come on to the floor during a fight or when a fight may break out. You penalize your situation under a different section- R10-4-2-"enter the court without permission". Penalty for that is a "T" charged to everybody on the bench who came on the floor, plus an indirect "T" to the head coach for every direct "T" charged.
I certainly don't have a problem with how you handled it. I bet that the next time you run into something like this, you'll be telling the coach before the FT"s to keep his players on the bench. The problem remains, though, if the losing team complains that you didn't call the "T"s by the book, how are you gonna answer that charge? And will your association or assignor back up your 1-"T" solution?
[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Dec 20th, 2004 at 10:20 AM]