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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Sounds good. But what about coach/player contact that occurs when the coach is standing, legally, in his coaching box, maybe with his fat belly sticking out over plane of the side boundary line, or maybe an arm, or elbow, and the player, while dribbling the ball, inbounds, also has some body parts hanging out over the plane of the sideline? The player's not out of bounds because he's contacting a person, not an object, but what's the responsibility of the coach in this situation, and what happens if there is contact, maybe putting the player at a disadvantage?
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Still. The coaching box is for coaching only...not for interfering with the play, even if inadvertent. Call it a foul by a non-player (a T) if you need to but I expect the coach, if there is room, to avoid being in the way of players. If the coach is as far out of the way as they can be (or any bench personnel for that matter), them I'm OK with applying 2-3 and doing the right thing.