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Originally Posted by JPaco54
Thanks but that does not support an unsporting act from the fans nor an unsporting act from the bench. I agree, you call a Tech on the HC but you can not call a Bench Technical for an unsporting act.
BUT under NFHS there is no criteria that I can find that allows you to T up a fan, cheerleaders or the general team for an unsporting act. Am I missing something simple here?
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Huh?
In casebook play 10.4.4SitB, the bench was penalized with a team technical foul.
From the 2003-04 POE's...
POE1-Sporting Behavior-Suggestions for improved behavior:--
"Officials should be prepared to assess a technical foul for a team member/team demonstrating these unsporting acts. The specific inappropriate actions of a few team members may be individually penalized or the entire team may be assessed one technical foul."
Note that rule 4-34-4 states that bench personnel are team members.
You're also missing rule 2-8-1 and case book play 2.8.1. That covers fans.
And note that in the COMMENT of case book play 2.8.1, it states that the technical foul is a team technical foul.
Been in there forever, JPaco.