[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Daryl H. Long

No, they were not brainless twits. The need for the rule arose rather quickly and before it got out of hand the rules committee addressed it.

The unfortunate thing is the penalty is applied uniformly across the board. That took away our discretion as officials to decide whether a player committed an unsporstmanlike act or not.

By rule, the 2 players should each be assessed a T.

But to be honest, I can not say I would do it. There is clearly nothing so egregious that what they did should receive the same penalty as the player who does so in anger. Prevent it from happening.

Daryl:

I meant the Casebook Play about changing shirts at the bench. I have no problem with the with the rule being applied to unsportsmanlike conduct because that was supposed to be the intent of the rule (see my comments in my OP about soccer), but as I stated in my OP, if the players are exchanging shirts because one is damaged that doesn't fit the definition of unsportsmanlike conduct. I supppose I should have said that it was brainless twits who wrote the ruling for that particular casebook play.

MTD, Sr.