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1. The T in the first game was effective.
2. Trying to avoid the T was ineffective.
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I agree completely with this, but it doesn't necessarily mean early and often. Enforce the rule and don't run from it for ANY reason. Unless its just a mistake on your part (e.g. wrong player), you can always justify a T. At the end, don't worry about consequences the league puts in you can't control.
I T'd a player this year in a game where the player, after a foul call, fell to the floor in (I guess) disbelief. I gave him one. He came up to me at half and sincerely wanted to know what I had called him for because he wasn't aware of what he had done or didn't know he shouldn't have done it. I told him what I called and he accepted it. I found out later he had to sit a game for the T, which I didn't care for. It wasn't THAT bad. But, regardless, the T was justified.