Extra points for T's

[Mark Padgett]

I'm working a huge MS tournament this weekend (177 games total - no, not me, that's for the entire tournament) and I just got a copy of the rules. One thing I noticed was that the penalty for a "non-administrative" technical is two points, two shots and the ball. Man, that should discourage bad behavior, I hope.

BTW - I noticed some guys are working eight games in a row with a one hour break and there's a few who are working a straight seven game shift without a break! Fortunately, the games are running halves and about half of them are in a middle school and an elementary school, but the other half are in standard HS gyms. All of mine are in a middle school gym. Still, I'm stocking up on my meds.

Oh yeah, I looked at the full schedule and I know a few of the coaches whose games I'll have. I'll be sure to inform them of the technical rule in advance.