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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
What you describe is not disconcertion, but would fall under the proviso where and official can charge a team with a TF because its followers act in a inappropriate manner, i.e., throwing rolls of toilet paper onto the court after the team scores its first basket of the game.
MTD, Sr.
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That is correct. The mascot is a team follower and his actions could result in a team technical foul, but he is not an opponent and therefore cannot commit disconcertion.
The result of the attempted FT should have stood.