Technical Foul

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Please keep in mind that the NFHS does not want players to be ejected from the playing area, except in situations where their behavior on the bench continues to be a problem after disqualification or in some other extreme or unusual situation. And even then, when the ejected player leaves the gym, he/she is to be accompanied by an adult associated with the team .

In our local kids rec league, when a player is ejected (extremely rare, BTW) he or she just goes and sits in the stands. We're not sending a little kid outside and hope he or she is with their mommy or daddy.

However, if we eject a coach (not so rare in my case), that dude or dudette not only has to leave the building, but they are banished to another state. OK - that's not the case but I might suggest a rule change so that it is.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

In our local kids rec league, when a player is ejected (extremely rare, BTW) he or she just goes and sits in the stands.

Mark, I'm curious about your thought process on this. Why not just leave them on the bench like normal (NFHS) rules?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Mark, I'm curious about your thought process on this. Why not just leave them on the bench like normal (NFHS) rules?

Like I said, this is extremely rare. We remove them from the bench so that the impact of being ejected for extremely bad behavior is magnified. They go up and sit with their parents and they usually get an earful from them. Since this league stresses sportsmanship above all else (except for player safety, of course), this seems to fit in with that philosophy. This was the rule from the start of this organization over 30 years ago and no one has had a compelling reason to change it. In fact, no one has ever even questioned it to my knowledge, and I've going into my 18th year on the Board.