NF rule change brings up another issue

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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Here's his explanation. Reaching across and hitting the ball is a technical on the defender. The foul counts as one of the five toward his DQ but also counts as one of the two Ts toward his DQ. If, instead, he hits the player and commits an intentional foul, the foul only counts towards his five and nothing else (of course, they both count as team fouls).

Knucklehead hits the ball - T
Player hits the ball - INT (he hit him on the finger, coach)

Seriously though, I never thought about INT vs. T like that!
When a player gets caught hitting the ball, they may as well try to commit the foul.