Bench Conduct Warning

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by jearef

2017-18 NFHS Basketball Case Book Alteration – 10.5.1 SITUATION B: At halftime, as the teams, coaches and officials are making their way through a hallway to the dressing room, a Team A member verbally abuses one of the officials. RULING: The official must decide if the offense is major. Under 4-48, if not deemed to be major and neither a warning nor technical has been charged (direct or indirect) to the head coach, the bench personnel could be issued a warning. If a warning is issued, this would be reported to both teams, recorded in the scorebook, and the head coach would lose coaching-box privileges.

I just received this (below) in an email from IAABO International. It was under the heading "NFHS". I'm not sure if IAABO unilaterally fixed it (they've been known to do that), or if the "fix" came from the NFHS:

2017-18 NFHS Basketball Case Book Alteration – 10.5.1 SITUATION B: At halftime, as the teams, coaches and officials are making their way through a hallway to the dressing room, a Team A member verbally abuses one of the officials. RULING: The official must decide if the offense is major. Under 4-48, if not deemed to be major and neither a warning nor technical has been charged (direct or indirect) to the head coach, the bench personnel could be issued a warning. If a warning is ruled, this would be reported to both teams and recorded in the scorebook. If the official deems the offense to be major then a technical foul should be charged to the team member and indirectly to the head coach who loses coaching box privileges. The third quarter should begin with the opposing team shooting two free throws and being awarded the ball at the division line for a throw-in.

[bob jenkins]

The rules interps on the NFHS site still contain the error.

[walt]

From an email sent by an NFHS Rules Committee member to the powers that be at NFHS. He has yet to receive a response or even a hint of "let's talk about it." He is also one of IAABO's four regional interpreters.:

"I don't really believe the NFHS intent is to consider that verbal abuse, in the way we are presented views of verbal abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, domestic abuse, ... meant to use the words "verbal abuse" and suggest that we substitute "inappropriate conversation," or "disrespectfully addresses an official in a manner judged to be a non-major offense" and re-issue. As it stands, the interpretation suggests that "verbal abuse" can be dealt with through a warning and I think we all agree that should not be the case."

[RedAndWhiteRef]

Was it a new rule, or just a POE? The warning procedure has been in place my whole (short) career. I've seen several officials in my area use it the past few years.

I used it in the first quarter of one of my early-season games and it worked perfectly--shut the coach right up.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by RedAndWhiteRef

Was it a new rule, or just a POE? The warning procedure has been in place my whole (short) career. I've seen several officials in my area use it the past few years.

I used it in the first quarter of one of my early-season games and it worked perfectly--shut the coach right up.

It is a new rule. You were not able (unless your state adopted this procedure) to put the warning in the book.

I used it last night and resulted in an ejection. Then again the coach was not very competent and could not understand why we called more than 20 fouls (both teams in the two shot bonus) in the first half and nearly more than 20 fouls in the second half, but he was down by nearly 40. Long story short, the losing team lost by 39 while forfeiting with nearly 3 minutes left in the game. Good times.

Peace

[packersowner]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

It is a new rule. You were not able (unless your state adopted this procedure) to put the warning in the book.

I used it last night and resulted in an ejection. Then again the coach was not very competent and could not understand why we called more than 20 fouls (both teams in the two shot bonus) in the first half and nearly more than 20 fouls in the second half, but he was down by nearly 40. Long story short, the losing team lost by 39 while forfeiting with nearly 3 minutes left in the game. Good times.

Peace

I echo what a few of said, the warning has been a great tool. I've used it and it resolved the issues we had with a coach. On the flip side, I think the coaches also now understand if they have crossed that line its going to be a technical and if we issue a warning, they are very close. I personally like it.