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Originally Posted by Crabnut
If the coach intentionally did it, the ejection is easy, but you could warn as well depending on the severity.
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FED rules don't prescribe "a warning" for this infraction. The penalty is to "eject"- period.
That's why it's important to be as close to 100% sure as you can that it was intentional, purposely designed to cause the balk. If you're not sure it was intentional, then the rule wasn't violated. You could then issue a warning- consider it preventive umpiring- and let the coach know the consequences if it happens again and you do consider it intentional.
And if it does happen again, it's going to take a lot less to convince me that it
is intentional!