Clarification on fighting technicals

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

That's what I used to think as well. But that doesn't seem to square with Scrappy's case play ruling, in particular scenario c. In it you have two non-fighters leaving for A, a non-fighter and a fighter leaving for B. It would seem that A would get 4 free throws and B would get 2.

However, the ruling says: "No free throws are awarded for the simultaneous technical fouls as the number of bench personnel leaving the bench and the penalties are the same for both teams."

Sigh.

First, offset the number leaving the bench who don't fight. 2 for A is more than 1 for B, so A gets a penalty (one penalty only, here -- even if it was 10 for A and 1 for B, it's only one penalty)

Then, offset the number leaving and fighting. 0 for A, 1 for B == 1 penalty for B (here, it's one per difference -- if it was zero for A and 10 for B, it would be 10 penalties).

Do the same for Players fighting, and coaches leaving.

Then, offset the penalties across the categories.

1 penalty for A, 1 penalty for B == no FTs. (in the parenthetical example, it would be 1 penalty for A, 10 penalties for B == 18 FTs for A)