Pre-Game

[Adam]

Might be a Michigan thing, but as long as they're on their half of the court, I got nothing.

POE #2 this year says, in part, "Gatherings intended to motivate a team after the warm up period, during, or following player introductions... should be performed in the area directly in front of the team bench."

Whether the basket is considered "directly in front of the team bench" is going to be up to the officials' discretion. OTOH, what would they have done? By the time they talked to the team about moving their little Under Armour chant, the chant would be over.

[SAK]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Might be a Michigan thing, but as long as they're on their half of the court, I got nothing.

POE #2 this year says, in part, "Gatherings intended to motivate a team after the warm up period, during, or following player introductions... should be performed in the area directly in front of the team bench."

In PA I would have nothing as well. It is on their end of the court, not the opponent's end.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

"... should be performed in the area directly in front of the team bench."

Since there's a difference in the meaning of "should be" and "must be", I guess that also means there's a difference in the consequence for non-compliance.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Since there's a difference in the meaning of "should be" and "must be", I guess that also means there's a difference in the consequence for non-compliance.

Maybe, but the fact that there's no penalty noted for the action puts it in the realm of teams sitting during a 30 second TO. Instruct compliance first; then T after refusal.

With this situation, even if the team is far enough you can't consider it "directly" in front of their bench, by the time you instruct compliance the chant is over anyway.

That Ref: "Coach, your players need to do that chant in front of the bench."
Coach: "well, they're done now, should I have them start over in the proper location?"
That Ref: "Never mind."

Unless your governing body has determined you should go straight to a T, which is highly possible and has, in fact, been instructed for certain pre-game infractions in some jurisdictions.

[chartrusepengui]

As long as they are on their half of the court they are "in front of their bench" technically. I wouldn't let them do it on the other half of the court or even on the center circle.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by chartrusepengui

I wouldn't let them do it on the other half of the court or even on the center circle.

Not near the center circle here in the Provisions State.