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Originally Posted by dobbers
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Originally Posted by mbcrowder
I like the idea I've heard floated around that you don't foul out the players at all ... but any foul over (5 in college, 6 in NBA) is a technical foul - 2 shots and the ball.
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I can't give an answer about the ABA, but the NBA uses a rule similar to what has been mentioned -- but only when a player fouls out and there are no more eligible substitutes.
Unlike NFHS and NCAA, the NBA does not allow a team to compete with fewer than 5 players in the game. So when a player fouls out and all other team members have been DQ'd or are unavailable due to injury, the player who has fouled out is allowed to stay in the game (I believe), but any future fouls he commits carry the double penalty.
Forget what I think. Here's the rule, from NBA.com:
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Rule 3, Section 1:
Section I-Team
a. Each team shall consist of five players. No team may be reduced to less than five players. If a player in the game receives his sixth personal foul and all substitutes have already been disqualified, said player shall remain in the game and shall be charged with a personal and team foul. A technical foul also shall be assessed against his team. All subsequent personal fouls, including offensive fouls, shall be treated similarly. All players who have six or more personal fouls and remain in the game shall be treated similarly.
b. In the event that there are only five eligible players remaining and one of these players is injured and must leave the game or is ejected, he must be replaced by the last player who was disqualified by reason of receiving six personal fouls. Each subsequent requirement to replace an injured or ejected player will be treated in this inverse order. Any such re-entry into a game by a disqualified player shall be penalized by a technical foul.
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