NFHS fighting penalties

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by ronny mulkey

Jet,

I'm not sure that I understand your statement but the discussion boils down to how to offset penalties if there is a disparity in more than one category.

A very simple example: A1, A2 and A3 are fighting against B1. B6, B7 and B8 come off bench and join fight. A6 also comes off bench and joins fight.

Ruling?

Side 2 people want to offset within each category so Team B would shoot 4 f.throws because of the disparity in the players' category. Team A would also shoot 4 f.throws because of the disparity in the bench personnel category.

Side 1 people would offset across all categories and neither team would shoot f.throws.

Sorry about that. I thought you were just dealing with bench personnel. Interestingly, all of the case book plays deal with the same number of players - as opposed to bench personnel - getting involved with one another.

At any rate now I see where you were going. I can also see what the Side 2 people are saying but I think their argument would depend something other than the disparity: did they determine the initial fight between the players started when the ball was live but the bench personnel joined in when the ball was dead? If that's the case then the situation becomes a false double foul so the penalty application would be separate and - in your example - Team A would get the ball at the division line after it was all over. If all the fouls are live ball or dead ball, just put them into one pot, everything comes out even and you go with POI.

Now, why anyone would want to do the Side 2 option is a mystery to me. Free throws = dead time. Dead time after a fight = more chances for something bad to happen.