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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Fighting is a double flagrant personal foul if the fight occurs when the ball is live.
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In the first place, how would this be possible? At most, it could be a false double. The first punch, makes the ball dead. Personal followed by a technical.
Secondly 10-3-8 does not mention live or dead ball. Fighting is a technical foul.
Period. If you're hung up on the concept that live ball contact is a personal foul, consider that there is more to a fight than contact. The fight started with the start of the swing, or the contemplation of making that swing, or possibly words which were exchanged before any of this. Is any and all of this not the ultimate example of unsporting behavior?