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It is interesting to me that this topic has generated 4 pages of responses and still no one has been able (in my mind anyway) to show justification, by rule, to call at T. Only interpretive variations (of 10.3.8 ) have been cited, buy IMO this is a big stretch. I agree that all this yelling is annoying, but it is allowed. You may not like it, it may give you a headache, but it simply isn't prohibited.

Someone posted about a defender right in the ball handler's face yelling and called a T. Hawks Coach (I believe) maed a very salient point, if it is the realtive distance that matters, where does that distance end? NCAA and NFHS rules are quite clear about several distance related items, 15 ft for a FT, 19' 9" for a 3pt shot, 6 ft closely guarded, etc., but they make no mention of this distance. Do we arbitrarily decide game by game or by the volume of the yeller? Where does this lead us? Will the day come when player's cannot say anything? What about coaches and teammates on the bench? What if they yell loud? What about the fans? Will they have to stop yelling to?

That is the problem with trying to justify this as a T. It is not supported by rule and becomes random enforcement. IMO, not justified and not good for the game.