Why would this be technical fouls? Isn't the idea for the T for removing the jersey addressing "unsportsmanlike behavior" like a player pulling their jersey out to show up a ref? I don't think it was meant to penalize a player for giving up their jersey to a another who has blood on their jersey. The common sense thing to do here would be to just go over to the scorer's table and instruct the scorer to change the scorebook with no penalty. Then tell the coach to notify the officials beforehand next time. Then let A1 into the game. IMO, technical fouls here are overly officious.
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While common sense says it may be overly officious, the NFHS wants removing of the jersey, pulling the jersey away from the chest, etc. assessed a technical foul no matter the reason. This is supposed to be stressed at every interpretation meeting and all of the coaches as well as the officials are to be made aware of the rule. According to the NFHS, there is no leeway supposed to be given here. A situation that came up for discussion at our meeting was an end of the game scenario. Team A wins a hotly contested rivalry game over Team B at Team B's gym. After the final horn with the score 62-58 in favor of Team A, and before the officials have left visual confines of the floor, several Team A players begin jumping around pulling their jerseys away from their chests to show off the name on the jersey in celebration. The officials as they are leaving the floor see this behavior. What do you do? Since our meeting involves coaches and officials you can imagine how lively the discussion became. I'm interested to see reaction here before I tell you what our State Interpreter, who is also on the NFHS rules committee, said we should do.
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