Crowd (spectator) Technical

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Everytime I read this citation, I think about the remote possibility that a fan of Team A might "pretend" to be a fan of Team B and do something unsportsmanlike to get some fouls shots for his "real" team and get an indirect technical foul on the "real" opposing coach. I know that it's a remote possibility, but it has guided me throughout my 26 years of officiating to occasionally ask to have a spectator removed, or at least spoken to by the site supervisor, but to never call a technical foul on the spectator.

I've removed many a fan over the years, Billy. Never dreamed of calling a "T" and probably never will.

Imo you penalize the person who deserves it, not an innocent party.