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Originally Posted by representing
I'm not defining anything, it defines itself!
let me break it down:
definition of merit: something that deserves or justifies a reward or commendation (dictionary.com)
in case you (and the some of the others) skipped 1st grade, when you add "un" in front of a word, it means the opposite or not. Hence, unmerited means opposite of or NOT deserved or justified a reward or commendation.
In this case, the free throws were not justified or deserved because no one else besides a coach, player or bench personnel (i.e. trainer) can receive a technical foul. A father (or any other spectators) or officiating crew on table cannot be given a technical foul.
REFERENCES:
Technical fouls: 4-19-5 and 10-1 thru 5
Correctable error on unmerited FT: 2-10-1b
Putting all of this together, it was WRONG of me to T up the father and scorekeeper thinking he was an AC. The FTs were unmerited, because the Technical, which resulted in both FTs, was given to someone who cannot be legally given a technical foul. Because he cannot be given a technical foul, it cannot be official in the book. End result, ejection to that person and continue play at POI.
Can't get any simpler than that. I wasted too much time getting all of this together when I should be sleeping right now, so I'm logging off for the night.
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Unmerited means what the NFHS says it means, not what Webster or you say it means. I'm wasting my time with you, you know everything.
Well, except how to penalize a habitual flopper, apparently.
Oh, and that a technical can (by rule) be called against someone in the stands, if necessary.