I don't know. I've seen a player willfully walk away from the official (see my post to that effect in this thread) telling him to get the ball. T was served, and the player later apologized at his coach's direction.

I don't ever run into such problems. Just something that doesn't happen in my games.

Probably not, but to say it's not an option is a bit of a stretch for most of us mortals. :D

Naw, why wait? Just give me a quick answer to this:

NFHS rule 2-7-4 prohibits practice during a dead ball. NFHS rule 5-12-5 prohibits players from sitting during a 30-second time-out. Neither rule has a penalty listed anywhere for it in the rule book or case book afaik. You are already on record in post #22 of this thread as stating that the penalty for practicing during a dead ball is an immediate technical foul with no warning. Would you also say that using the same logic the penalty for sitting during a 30-second time-out should be an immediate technical foul with no warning first either? Or if isn't an immediate "T", why isn't it? The rules are basically the same aren't they? They both explicitly prohibit players from doing something during the game without specifying a penalty if the players do so.

Hell, you shouldn't need to research anything to answer something as easy as that. Simply tell me if both rules...being similar... should be handled the same way..... and if not, whyinthehell not.

There are times when being perceived as an a-hole comes in handy. :cool: