Bench Conduct Warning

[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