Mark, you convinced me that this is one of the rules that should be changed. Give the shots and restore the possession. It's kind of a bizarre bonus for an offensive tech to give the other team possession.
I also like the idea of differentiating types of offenses. I would assume that a more administrative offense (an actual technical violation of a rule), like an illegal sub, is a one shot and an unsportsmanlike is two? Or is it back to the floor versus bench distinction? I prefer the former, in that your more severe penalty goes to the unsportmanlike behavior, where human error is rightfully but not excessively penalized.
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