We had our annual rules clinic tonight, and one question came up in my mind on the way home in the car. It has to do with the new rule about a direct techincal on the head coach, when a DQ player goes out to play again. It's now a direct technical foul on the head coach. Is it also a T on the player? It was before, correct? So is that two team fouls or just one?

I'm confused. But then, that's nothing new...

Okay, a little research reveals that the item has been removed from the player foul section, 10-3, (last year, it was 10-3-2) and this year is only in the coaches' rule section 10-5-3, to be exact. Why don't they say more detail in the "Rules Changes" page? This semms to me like a huge change that isn't even mentioned. It's spelled out in more detail on page 75, but that's a long ways into the book!

So what we've got now is a direct T on the coach, which is also one team foul, B gets two shots and the ball at the division line, coach loses the box.

Gee, it's kinda fun to answer my own question!

Well Julie, you just go ahead and answer as many of your own questions as you like because it benefits the rest of us! :) Thanks for thinking!!

Paul