What's the call?

[pizanno]

Sounds like another NBA-influenced play...maybe the player was trying to get a delay of game warning and see what the offense was gonna run!

Technically (pun intended), it should be a Tech. The twist on this sitch is the player doesn't just break the plane with a reach, he/she walks OOB to give the thrower-in a hug.

NFHS 10-3-4: A player shall not: Leave the court for an unauthorized reason or delay returning after legally being out of bounds.

Any contact that happens subsequent to the whistle, unless deemed flagrant or intentional, is incidental since the ball becomes dead with the T.

However, if you choose to ALSO enforce the contact, then you have CAN ALSO have an intentional or flagrant dead ball foul = another T.

NFHS 4-19-5c: A technical foul is...an intentional or flagrant contact foul while the ball is dead

Summing up, for this sitch:

* Cannot just have an intentional.

* At a minimum, it is a T for leaving the floor (not breaking the plane which requires contact with the ball)

* If you choose to enforce contact, you have 2 Ts on the same player. "see 'ya...wouldn't wanna be 'ya"

btw - I would merely call the T.

[Edited by pizanno on Dec 18th, 2000 at 04:09 PM]