RULE NO. 12—TECHNICAL FOULS
Section VIII—Fines
a. Recipients of technical fouls for unsportsmanlike conduct will be assessed a $500 fine for each offense.
b. Whether or not said player(s) are ejected, a fine not exceeding $20,000 and/or suspension may be imposed upon such player(s) by the Commissioner at his sole discretion.
c. During an altercation, all players not participating in the game must remain in the immediate vicinity of their bench. Violators will be suspended, without pay, for a minimum of one game and fined up to $20,000.
The suspensions will commence prior to the start of their next game. A team must have a minimum of eight players dressed and ready to play in every game.
If five or more players leave the bench, the players will serve their suspensions alphabetically, according to the first letters of the players’ last names.
If seven bench players are suspended (assuming no participants are included), four of them would be suspended for the first game following the altercation. The remaining three would be suspended for the second game following the altercation.
d. A player, coach or assistant coach, upon being notified by an official that he has been ejected from the game, must leave the playing area IMMEDIATELY and remain in the dressing room of his team during such suspension until completion of the game or leave the building. Violation of this rule shall call for an automatic fine of $500. A fine not to exceed $20,000 and possible forfeiture of the game may be imposed for any violation of this rule.
e. Any player who in the opinion of the officials has deliberately hung on the basket shall be assessed a technical foul and a fine of $100.
EXCEPTION: A player fouled in the act of dunking or shooting, may hang on the rim to prevent an injury to himself or another player with no penalty.
f. Penalty for the use of “stickum” is a fine of $25 for the first violation, doubled for each subsequent violation. (Rule 10—Section XII).
g. Any player who fails to properly report to the scorer (Rule 3—Section V—a.) shall be subject to a $25 fine on recommendation of the official scorer.
h. At halftime and the end of each game, the coach and his players are to leave the court and go directly to their dressing room, without pause or delay. There is to be absolutely no talking to game officials.
PENALTY—$500 fine to be doubled for any additional violation.
i. Each player, when introduced prior to the start of the game, must be uniformly dressed.
PENALTY—$100 fine.
j. A $250 fine shall be assessed to any player(s) hanging on the rim during pre-game warm-up. Officials shall be present during warm-up to observe violations.
k. Any player who is assessed a flagrant foul—penalty (2) must be ejected and will be fined a minimum of $250. The incident will be reported to the Operations Department.
