Bench Conduct Warning

[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.