4 technical fouls in a row... now what ?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Agreed

5-4-1: The referee may also forfeit a game if any player, team member, bench personnel or coach fails to comply with any technical foul penalty, or repeatedly commits technical foul infractions or other acts which make a travesty of the game.

Not saying when I definitely would, but like I said, it's getting close.

So which player, team member, coach (bench personnel) is repeatedly committing technical foul infractions? We currently have two people with a single such infraction and someone who has left with two.

This isn't a case of a coach saying to give him as many Ts as we want, he doesn't care, and isn't leaving.

This rule is not written to collectively penalize technical fouls by a team, but rather by individuals. Don't make it into something which it isn't. We need to adhere to the text of the rule as written.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

So which player, team member, coach (bench personnel) is repeatedly committing technical foul infractions? We currently have two people with a single such infraction and someone who has left with two.

This isn't a case of a coach saying to give him as many Ts as we want, he doesn't care, and isn't leaving.

This rule is not written to collectively penalize technical fouls by a team, but rather by individuals. Don't make it into something which it isn't. We need to adhere to the text of the rule as written.

I think you have to look at the situation and analyze the whole thing. If the OP happens in the second quarter, and the AC makes a snide remark a few minutes later, no. But if all of this happens with 20 seconds left in a game with a 25 point spread, and before the HC ever makes it out of the gym the AC stands up and screams "WHAT DID YOU EXPECT HIM TO DO? YOU A**HOLES HAVE BEEN SCREWING US AROUND ALL NIGHT!!" Yeah, I just might pull the plug on this one.