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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett
I'm working a huge MS tournament this weekend (177 games total - no, not me, that's for the entire tournament) and I just got a copy of the rules. One thing I noticed was that the penalty for a "non-administrative" technical is two points, two shots and the ball. Man, that should discourage bad behavior, I hope.
BTW - I noticed some guys are working eight games in a row with a one hour break and there's a few who are working a straight seven game shift without a break! Fortunately, the games are running halves and about half of them are in a middle school and an elementary school, but the other half are in standard HS gyms. All of mine are in a middle school gym. Still, I'm stocking up on my meds.
Oh yeah, I looked at the full schedule and I know a few of the coaches whose games I'll have. I'll be sure to inform them of the technical rule in advance.  |
Imagine a scenario where Team A is up by 8 late late in the game. Mark thinks, "what could happen?" and calls a "non-administrative" technical on A11. B makes both FTs.
When B inbounds the ball, they throw up a 3-point prayer, and it goes in! And the other official has a foul on the shot - clock reads 0:00.