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FIGHTING Rule 4.18 & 10.4. DEFINITION Fighting is a FLAGRANT ACT and can occur when the ball is Dead or Live Fighting includes, but is not limited to, combative acts such as:
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FIGHTINGRule 4.18 & 10.4 DEFINITION • Fighting is a FLAGRANT ACT and can occur when the ball is Dead or Live • Fighting includes, but is not limited to, combative acts such as: ARTICLE 1: “An attempt to strike, punch, kick an opponent with a fist, hand, arm, leg, or foot – regardless of whether contact is made” ARTICLE 2: “An ATTEMPT to INSTIGATE a fight by committing an unsportsmanlike act toward an opponent that causes an opponent to retaliate by fighting
FIGHTINGRule 4.18 & 10.4 FIGHTING RULES TO REMEMBER • Anyone who fights or instigates a fight has committed a flagrant foul • If players fight during a Live ball, the fouls are FlagrantPersonal fouls • If players fight during a Dead ball, the fouls are Flagrant Technical fouls • Flagrant means EJECTION • Anyone who leaves the bench area during a fight or when a fight MAY break outhas committed a Flagrant Technical Foul • The Head Coach may enter the Court, if Beckoned • Bench personnel who leave the bench during a fight are categorized as FIGHTERS & NON-FIGHTERS • Regardless of the category…. Anyone who leaves the Bench area commits a Flagrant Technical Foul
The Head Coach is charged with ONLY one Indirect Technical, for ALL Bench Personnel who enter the court buy do not fight • The Head Coach is charged with One Indirect Technical Foul for Each Person who Enters and Fights • So the Coach is penalized MORE if non-fighters become fighters. All (Other than Indirect T Fouls charged to head coach) Count as Team Fouls {Personal & Technical})
FIGHTINGRule 4.18 & 10.4 CLARIFICATION: • If only one person leaves the bench and enters the court and fights, he is charged with a Flagrant Tech Foul and the Coach is charged with ONE Indirect Technical Foul • The team member is NOT charged with one T for leaving and another for fighting NOTE: Rule 10.4.5 added that bench personnel will be charged with a flagrant foul if they leave the confines of the bench when a fight may break out.
FightingThe Numbers Game • Rule 10.11.8 a 1-2,b 1-2