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EJECTION: All CLASS A technical fouls shall apply toward ejection which
shall be mandatory when the following have been assessed:
a maximum of two CLASS A technical fouls (AA) as defined
in Art. 2.a through f, one flagrant 2 technical foul (A), or a
combination of one CLASS A technical foul and two CLASS B
technical fouls (ABB).
Section 3. CLASS A Unsporting Technical Infractions
Art. 1. A player or substitute committing an unsportsmanlike act including, but
not limited to, the following:
a. Disrespectfully addressing an official or gesturing in such a manner as to
indicate resentment.
b. Using profanity or vulgarity; taunting, baiting or ridiculing another player
or bench personnel; or pointing a finger at or making obscene gestures
toward another player or bench personnel.
c. Inciting undesirable crowd reaction.
d. Contacting an opponent, while the ball is dead, in an unnecessary,
unacceptable and excessive manner.
e. Flagrantly (severe or extreme) contacting an opponent while the ball is
dead.
f. A flagrant noncontact infraction that involves extreme, sometimes
persistent, vulgar, abusive conduct when the ball is dead or live.
g. Participating after having been disqualified (noncontact flagrant 2
technical).
h. Leaving the playing court and going into the stands when a fight may
break out or has broken out (flagrant noncontact infraction).
i. Fighting as in Rule 10-5.
j. Disrespectfully contacting an official
Section 4. CLASS B TECHNICAL INFRACTIONS
Art. 1. A technical foul shall be assessed to a player or a substitute for the
following infractions:
a. Purposely obstructing an opponent’s vision by waving or placing hand(s)
near his eyes.
b. Climbing on or lifting a teammate to secure greater height.
c. Knowingly attempting a free throw to which he is not entitled.
d. Possessing or using tobacco.
e. A team member dunking or attempting to dunk a dead ball before or
during the game, or during any intermission.
f. Grasping either basket in an excessive, emphatic manner during the
officials’ jurisdiction when the player is not, in the judgment of an official,
trying to prevent an obvious injury to self or others.
g. Intentionally slapping or striking the backboard.
h. Placing a hand(s) on the backboard or ring to gain an advantage.
i. Touching a ball outside the cylinder (goaltending) during a free throw.
j. Reaching through the throw-in boundary-line plane and touching or
dislodging the ball while it is in possession of the thrower or being passed
to a teammate outside the boundary line as in Rule 7-4.6.b.
k. Deceptively leaving the playing court for an unauthorized reason and
returning at a more advantageous position.
l. Purposely delaying his return to the playing court after being legally out
of bounds.
m. After a team warning has been issued, attempting to gain an advantage by
interfering with the ball after a goal or failing to immediately pass the ball
to the nearest official after the whistle had been blown.
n. A team member entering the playing court without reporting to the official
scorers or a substitute entering the playing court without being beckoned
by an official (unless during an intermission).
o. Participating after changing his uniform number without reporting the
change to the official scorer and a game official.
p. Opponents of the thrower-in shall not repeatedly have any part of their
person beyond the vertical inside plane of any boundary line before the
ball has crossed that boundary line. (See Rule 9-5.2.c)
Art. 2. A technical foul shall be assessed to a coach and all bench personnel for
the following infractions:
a. Entering the playing court to attend an injured player unless done with
permission of an official.
b. Possessing or using tobacco.
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c. Refusing to occupy the team bench to which the team was assigned or to
occupy the locations for a timeout or for the start of any period as defined
in Rule 4-3.2.
d. Using electronic transmission (including but not limited to headsets,
telephones, television, radio, audio or video Internet broadcast, heart
monitor devices, computers), or knowledge gained resulting from thereof,
for coaching purposes, to communicate to and/or from the bench area or
using replay equipment at courtside for coaching purposes.
e. When there is evidence that the head coach or bench personnel instructed
that the scorebook be removed from the scorer’s table.
f. All bench personnel shall remain seated on the bench while the ball is live,
except as follows:
1. The head coach may stand but must remain completely and clearly
in his coaching box. One warning shall be issued to the head coach
before any subsequent infraction is penalized.
2. To spontaneously react to an outstanding play, immediately sitting
down on the bench afterwards.
3. A team member reporting to the scorer’s table.
4. The head coach to point out, at any time, a scoring or timing mistake
or to request a timeout to ascertain whether a correctable error needs
to be rectified or to request a monitor review for a flagrant 2 contact
technical foul. (See Rules 2-12, 11-2.1.d.4 and 5-11.5.)
5. To seek information from the official scorer or official timer during a
timeout or an intermission.
g. The head coach failing to replace a disqualified or injured player within
20 seconds when a substitute is available.
h. Delaying the game by preventing the ball from being promptly made live
or by preventing continuous play, such as bench personnel entering the
playing court before player activity has been terminated. In such a case,
when the delay does not interfere with play, it shall be ignored.
i. Using a laser pointer.
j. Bench personnel leaving the bench area when a fight may break out or
has broken out. The head coach may leave the bench area in this case to
prevent the situation from escalating.
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