Silly Contradiction

[Camron Rust]

In the two snipped situations below, does anyone else think the opposite rulings are a bit silly.

SITUATION 6: Players A1 and B1 are fighting each other away from the ball and play is stopped. The head coach of Team A rushes onto the court to stop the fight.

RULING: ... The head coach is allowed to enter the court without being beckoned by an official when there is a fight so there is not a penalty assessed on him/her for this action. ....(4-19-4; 4-36; 10-4-5 Note)


SITUATION 8: A fight breaks out between A1 and B1 during a dead ball and clock-stopped situation. The assistant coach from Team A rushes onto the floor to assist with stopping the fight.

RULING: .... The assistant coach is assessed a flagrant technical foul and disqualified from the contest for entering the floor during the fight. The assistant coach is not allowed to enter the floor to help with stopping a fight....(4-19-4; 10-4-5)

If a coach is coming onto the floor to be of help, assistant or otherwise, there is NO WAY I will be calling a T on them. If anything, I'm going to thank them for helping get things under control.