Rule 10, NCAA

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You may not have noticed, but Rule 10 was completely re-organized in this year's NCAA book. Last year, sections 1-19 dealt with technical fouls and fighting and then personal fouls were treated in sections 20-23. This year, personal fouls are section 1.

Last year, the technical fouls were listed in sections that dealt with indirect T's then indirect T's on fans, then direct T's on players, direct T's on bench personnel, etc. This year, the technical fouls are categorized by "administrative", "player/substitute" and "bench". Then under each category, the PENALTY section tells you which articles are direct and which are indirect.

That stuff is kind of interesting (probably only to me, but that's ok), but that's not really the important part. The important part is the newly worded PENALTY sections in Section 3 and Section 4. Those penalty sections tell you which articles are direct and which are indirect. Then under the heading EJECTION, it says this:

EJECTION: All technical fouls from Sections 3 (Player/Substitute Technicals and 4 (Bench Technicals) shall apply toward ejection when the following have been assessed: a maximum of two DIRECT technical fouls, a combination of one DIRECT technical foul and two INDIRECT technical fouls or three INDIRECT technical fouls. When the foul is charged to the offender (if not the head coach) as a direct technical foul, it is also charged as an INDIRECT technical foul to the head coach. When the head coach is the offender, the foul is charged directly to him.

The technical fouls in Section 3 include unsportsmanlike acts by players, like cursing at the ref. According to this penalty section, the head coach should receive an indirect for that.

That can't be right, can it? Somebody would've made a big deal about it in the pre-season, wouldn't they? Any thoughts?