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Years ago when I started there was a "Comments on the rules" section at the end of the book. I recall one comment as saying something to the effect of "minor technical (meaning minuscule rather than technical as in technical foul) infractions that have no real effect on the game should be ignored." In the early '90s, they started incorporating the comments section into the actual rules and most everything made it somewhere in the rule set, but I can't find this phrase in there right now.
Anyway, I think that if its a dead ball, a player or even a few players coming out on the court isn't worthy of a T AS LONG AS the coaches work to get them off quickly and it has no effect on the game whatsoever. Just like when a coach is out of the box and I remind him to get back in, and he does, I've got nothing.
I wish I still had my old rule books. I'd like to find a library that has as many of the years as possible to chart certain rule changes.
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