Time for a Rule Review?

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by so cal lurker

IIRC, the college rule used to be the same as the current HS rule. In essence, college softened the consequences of certain Ts. And IIRC, it was some years after they had increased the consequences of a T by going from 1 FT to 2.

Took the words out of my mouth. In fact the "softening" of technical foul penalty weight in college is an ongoing trend. For example, in NCAAM, the rule was changed this year where Class B techs have decreased from 2 FTs to 1.

There's less tolerance for technical fouls, at least from a rules committee philosophical standpoint, in high school. Hence the penalties are more severe. In addition, I think there's a NFHS rules committee desire to keep technical foul administration very simple and consistent for HS officials. So while I personally would prefer to use the POI in NFHS games like NCAA does, I don't see it ever happening at the HS level.

Also, no disrespect to BNR, but I respectfully disagree about his indifference to rules history. It matters. Helps avoid past mistakes, and helps keep rules changes in context, especially if you have to explain them to a partner who's having a brain fart (like I did yesterday when my partner almost gave bonus free throws for an illegal screen ).