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Originally posted by KingTripleJump
Can you give a T to a team for their out of control fans?
If so, would you give it to the bench or an indirect to the coach?
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You can but you really shouldn't. See the rule below. Also, if you do, it is not an indirect to the coach. It's simply a team technical.
3-8-1
The officials shall:
Penalize unsporting conduct by any player, coach, substitute, team attendant or
follower.
NOTE: The home management or game committee is responsible for spectator behavior, insofar as it can reasonably be expected to control the spectators. The officials may call fouls on either team if its supporters act in such a way as to interfere with the proper conduct of the game. Discretion must be used in calling such fouls, however, lest a team be unjustly penalized.
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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
As a clarifying follow-up, any "bench" technical is indirectly assessed to the head coach. A bench technical is against a person on the bench, not the bench as a whole (you can't give a T to a piece of wood/metal/plastic).
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Actually Mark, you can have a technical foul on the bench. In the play below, the T is assessed to the bench.
10.5 SITUATION G: Team A coaches and substitutes are all standing during a free throw by A1. The infraction is detected by the officials. How many technical fouls are assessed?
Ruling: In a situation where similar multiple infractions occur at the same time, it is not the intent of the rules to penalize each individual infraction as a separate technical foul. One technical foul is charged to Team A and it is also charged indirectly to the head coach in this situation. (10-4-1g)