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Originally Posted by frezer11
Do you? If you're C right in front of the bench, and someone on the bench behind you says something derogatory that's very worthy of a T, but you can't say with absolutely certainty which kid said it, you should still have a T.
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You may charge this as a team technical if you aren't certain who made the comment, but you SHOULD identify a specific offender. It is dangerous to penalize when you aren't sure who said the remark as it could have been a person a row or two behind the bench or a teenager walking by.
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Originally Posted by frezer11
Fair enough, and I guess that's what I meant. I thought Nevada was saying that you cannot call a T (even a team T) without a specific offender unless it is a collective team act
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We've had this discussion before on the forum and if the official has properly observed the infraction, then a specific individual is charged with the offense. This is 98% of the time. For the 2% situations in which the official is certain that the remark came from the bench, but for some reason doesn't know exactly who said it, a team tech may be assessed. That isn't the preferred sanction, but in a pinch it will have to suffice. It is always best to have a specific offender identified, except for the collective team acts such as those noted in the Case Book plays.