[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Its too late at night to going climbing up into the attic, but BBR and JR will understand why I don't.

1) The NFHS is quite clear about how to handle a player who has been disqualified. (Remember, by rule players are only disqualified and not ejected from the game.)

2) When a player is disqualified that player is restricted to the team bench. The player must stay under the supervision of school personnel at all times. School personnel does have the authority to remove the disqualified player from the team bench.

3) When a player is first disqualified, the game officials cannot order the disqualified player to be removed from the team bench. But, if the disqualified player's conduct while on sitting on the team bench is such that the game officials must take further action regarding the player's conduct, the game officials can instruct that school personnel remove the player from the team bench to an area, such as the team locker room, but that the player must remain under the supervision of school personnel.

4) I think that there is a Casebook Play within the last five to seven years that states that the player in question cannot be charged with a third technical foul, but rather he can be removed from the team bench as I described in Item (3).

MTD, Sr.