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Originally Posted by justacoach
IIRC, fouler raising hand was a valid rule until about 197?. Penalty=tech
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You remember correctly. The hand had to to go straight up..no crooked elbows. And it was an automatic "T" if you wiggled your fingers or waved your hand to show displeasure.
Terrible rule, more trouble than it was ever worth. Universally hated by officials except for a few OOO's. It was put in supposedly to help the scorers because officials weren't communicating #s to them properly. So instead of attacking the real problem...which was reporting mechanics....they put in this dumb alternative.