Leaving the bench prematurely?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

That makes sense. If I was Art, I would make sure to write up that interpretation officially, either as an AR or in a bulletin, to make things less confusing, and to prevent literal-minded officials from enforcing both penalties.

As a game official you are supposed to prevent and solve problems not cause and compound them. If your mentality is to double-whack a team for what they thought was a game-winning shot, you are going to fail as an official.

Lighten up, Francis!

[ilyazhito]

Technically, I would not be double-whacking the team. I would merely be administering the penalties for illegal actions by the team (the class B technical foul) and its followers (the administrative technical foul).

However, I see Bob's point in ruling that the delay by the fans stopped the game, so the team members entering the court did not further delay the game.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

Technically, I would not be double-whacking the team. I would merely be administering the penalties for illegal actions by the team (the class B technical foul) and its followers (the administrative technical foul).

However, I see Bob's point in ruling that the delay by the fans stopped the game, so the team members entering the court did not further delay the game.

The fact that you have only one T for several members of the team entering the court should tell you that you only have one T here. Even though multiple team members enter, you only penalize the team. That makes it clear that for the situation, they only want ONE T instead of every team member that left the bench getting a T. Extend that principle and you still end up with ONE T if team members and fans enter the court.

[ilyazhito]

Would the individual team members still be charged with Class B technical fouls for ejection purposes, even though only one free throw will be shot? In football, it is possible to have multiple players charged with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, yet still only enforce the yardage once.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

Would the individual team members still be charged with Class B technical fouls for ejection purposes, even though only one free throw will be shot? In football, it is possible to have multiple players charged with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, yet still only enforce the yardage once.

well, the case play says: 1: A CLASS B technical foul shall be assessed to the head coach of
Team A. The coach’s technical foul does not count toward the team
foul total but does count toward the coach’s ejection.

[SC Official]

NCAA-M

If it "prevents continuous action," it's a Class B on the head coach. It's pretty simple. You do not penalize the bench personnel that rushed the court.