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Originally Posted by BillyMac
So while a participant is sitting on the bench, can we use any of the scorekeeper's information to "force" an addition to the scorebook and charge a technical foul, like that he was charged with a timeout, that he missed a free throw, or that he was recorded as a substitute who entered the game?
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Yes. I'd like to revisit this. Plus I love to quote myself. It makes me feel impotent.
Several have mentioned the idea of using points scored, or fouls committed, to "force" a name, or a number, being added to the scorebook. Why not use the scorekeeper's record of a substitute entering the game? Isn't that enough to charge a technical foul. What's so special about points, and fouls, and not substitutes? If points, and fouls, "trump" the, "No penalty is assessed since No. 25 is not currently in the game" statement in the casebook play, then why not use a record of the player in question being a substitute that entered the game? If we can use any of the information that is supposed to be recored in the scorebook to "trump" the "No penalty assessed" casebook statement, then when would the, "No penalty assessed", statement ever be used?
Man. This is like peeling away the layers of an onion. Anybody else feel like crying?