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Originally Posted by BillyMac
In the case where either A4, or A5, curse at me from the bench, short of any input from the coach regarding the substitution, I'm probably calling both of them players and hand out the lesser penalty (no indirect to the coach).
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I have a huge problem with this. The whole purpose of the indirect to the coach is: Coach, you are responsible for your bench.
ART. 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). During an intermission, all team members are bench personnel for the purpose of penalizing unsporting behavior.
Even if you insist that he is a player (why?) for the purpose of this rule if he is on the bench he is also bench personnel.