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Originally Posted by Rooster
But coaches are bench personnel, not team members... 4-34-4
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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Can you please direct me to the language in the rules book stating that the assistant coach may not leave the bench during the game. Perhaps he needs to use the restroom.
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10-5-5 The head coach shall not permit team members to leave the bench area and/or playing court for an unauthorized reason.
4-34-4 A team member is a member of bench personnel who is in uniform and is eligible to become a player.
10-5-5 is for team members, not for bench personnel. Interesting.
How about taking this approach (below)?
10-1-4 A team shall not: Fail to occupy the team member’s bench to which it is assigned.
4-34-2 Bench personnel are all individuals who are part of or affiliated with a team, including, but not limited to: substitutes, coaches, manager(s) and statistician(s).
4-34-2 implies that the coaches are part of a team, and thus, according to 10-1-4, coaches, being part of the team, must occupy their bench.
Note that 10-1-4 says "team" not "team members".