From the 1st Year: Created a little test for myself...

[Nevadaref]

I used to hold that same opinion myself, but have recently changed. If the bench reaction is clearly after the players on the court start going at it, I have no problem handling it that way, but if all of the mess happens more or less at the same time or the spark incident isn't observed then how does one know what took place first?

What if a team member on the bench starts it by saying something to an opposing player and then there are people running all over the place?

My current advice is to keep it as simple as possible and shoot as few FTs as necessary.