When a T hurts the official

[Nevadaref]

Originally posted by Hawks Coach
Chuck, you are correct that I said she only broke the plane, which was indeed the case. And I had not noted the distinction pointed out by Nevada in the rules, so that was an excellent point to make as well even if it did not directly bear on my situation. I had always read the rule in 10-3-7 (d) to apply to the boundary plane violation, but that is not the case.

Rule 10, SECTION 3 PLAYER TECHNICAL
A player shall not:
ART. 7 . . . Delay the game by acts such as:
d. Repeated violations of the throw-in, as in 9-2-9, 10.

Upon further review, 10-3-7 only applies to the offensive team violations on throw-ins, though it is not clear why the offense committing a violation that costs them the ball can be a technical if they repeatedly make the error. This rule is under delay, but you may as well penalize a person for repeatedly travelling as a delay.

Why is the turnover not enough for these violations? And how many violations constitute "repeated" in this rule?

Ok Coach, your team is down by 10 with five seconds left and the other team only has one player left, how do you keep from losing? Simple: call time-out and when you return from the TO you simply violate on the throw-in so that the clock will not start. Now the other team gets the throw-in opportunity, but since we know that it is a violation to be the first to touch your own throw-in pass the only way this single remaining player can get the clock started is to hit one of your players with the ball. You instruct your team to run to the far end of the court and play dodge ball. Now after your opponent commits a throw-in violation, you proceed to violate again with the idea of continually repeating the process! See the problem? Of course, a T won't get the clock started either, but if you make a travesty of the game by getting a few T's, then you would forfeit. I would say three repeated violations of the throw-in is a T.