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Originally posted by Whistles & Stripes
And from the book:
Rule 4-3-3 -- A player becomes bench personnel after his substitute becomes a player or after notification of the coach following his disqualification.
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And (4-3-3) "A substitute becomes a player when he/she legally enters the court."
Situation 4.34.2: Substitute A6 reports to the scorer to replace player A1 and awaits entry to the game. The U2 beckons A6 onto the court, and ...(c) A1 swears at the official while heading to the bench.
Ruling: A1, now bench personnel, is penalized with a technical foul, which is added to the team foul total and also charged as in indirect technical foul to the head coach.
The dude was right.