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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Why would you want to reduce the penalty for a technical foul at the high school level?
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The reason they reduced the penalty at the college level is so officials would be more inclined to actually make the call. I've heard way too many officials say they won't call a T because they feel the punishment is too harsh, and it turns into letting way too much go. Yea, I know those officials need to grow a couple/take care of bidness/etc. But there have been instances where the NFHS has reduced penalties for the very reason of wanting the call to be made more often, and it takes away some of those officials' excuses.
I'm not against changing a T to POI. One thing I might do differently, however, is keeping the penalty for a flagrant T (one T combined with an ejection) the same where there is still a loss of possession.
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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Any coach...or player.... with half a brain is just gonna wait until his team has the ball before he goes off on us.
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You're assuming there are such animals?... 