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[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by zm1283

I still hear people say they enforce it for "game management" reasons even if they know the rule.

Excerpt (below) from my Non-Pulitzer Prize winning article, Things Officials Should Probably Not Be Saying In A Game.

Calvin Coolidge once said, "The things I did not say never hurt me." Of course, he was not talking about basketball, but many officials would be smart to heed his sage advice as they communicate with coaches, and players.

"Everybody get behind the division line”, often said by an official before free throws for a technical foul, or an intentional foul, is also not rule based. According to the rule, the nine non-shooters shall remain behind the free throw line extended, and behind the three point arc, and do not have to stay behind the division line. In some cases, this may allow players to legally converse with their coaches.