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RULE NO. 12—FOULS AND PENALTIES

A. Technical Foul
Section I—Excessive Timeouts
a. Requests for a timeout in excess of the authorized number shall be granted
and a technical foul shall be assessed. Following the timeout and free throw
attempt, the ball will be awarded to the team which shot the free throw and play
shall resume with a throw-in nearest the spot where play was interrupted.
b. If the excessive timeout is granted prior to free throw attempt(s), there will
be no lineup for the remaining free throws and play shall resume with a throw-in
at the point of interruption by the team which shot the technical foul.
c. If the excessive timeout is granted prior to a jump ball, the ball shall be
awarded to the team shooting the technical foul at the point of interruption.

Section II—Delay-of-Game
a. A delay-of-game shall be called for:
(1) Preventing the ball from being promptly put into play.
(2) Interfering with the ball after a successful field goal or free
throw.
(3) Failing to immediately pass the ball to the nearest official when
a personal foul or violation is assessed.
(4) Touching the ball before the throw-in has been released.
(5) A defender crossing the boundary line prior to the ball being
released on a throw-in.
(6) A team preventing play from commencing at any time.
(7) Any player, coach or trainer interfering with a ball which has
crossed the boundary line (Rule 8—Section II—f).
PENALTY: The first offense is a warning. A technical foul shall be assessed
with each successive offense and charged to the team. An announcement will be
made by the public address announcer. The 30-second clock shall remain the same
or reset to 20, whichever is greater, if the violation is assessed against the defensive
team. The offensive team shall be awarded a new 10 seconds to advance the
ball if it is in the backcourt. If repeated acts become a travesty, the head coach shall
be notified that he/she is being held responsible.
Section III—Substitutions
a. A substitute shall report to the official scorer while standing in the “substitution
box.”
b. A substitute shall not enter onto the court until she is beckoned by an
official.
c. A substitute shall not be allowed to re-enter the game after being disqualified.
EXCEPTION: Rule 3—Section I—b.
d. It is the responsibility of each team to have the proper number of players
on the court at all times. Failure to do so will result in a technical foul being
assessed and charged to the team.
EXCEPTION: If the violation occurs on (1) a free throw attempt which is to
be followed by another free throw attempt, or (2) a free throw attempt that is not
going to remain in play.
Section IV—Basket Ring, Backboard or Support
a. An offensive player who deliberately hangs on her basket ring, net, backboard
or support during the game shall be assessed a non-unsportsmanlike technical
foul.
b. A defensive player who deliberately gains or maintains height or hangs on
her opponent’s basket ring, net, backboard or support, shall be assessed a nonunsportsmanlike
technical foul. If she touches the ball during a field goal attempt,
points shall be awarded consistent with the type of shot.
EXCEPTION: An offensive or defensive player may hang on the basket
ring, backboard or support to prevent an injury to herself or another player, with
no technical foul assessed.
c. Should a defensive player deliberately hang on the basket ring, backboard
or support to successfully touch a ball which is in possession of an opponent, an
unsportsmanlike technical foul shall be assessed.
d. See Rule 10—Section XI—with regard to an offensive player assisting
herself to score.
Section V—Conduct
a. An official may assess a technical foul, without prior warning, at any time.
A technical foul(s) may be assessed to any player on the court or anyone seated on
the bench for conduct which, in the opinion of an official, is detrimental to the
game. A technical foul cannot be assessed for physical contact when the ball is
alive
EXCEPTION: Fighting fouls and/or taunting with physical contact.
b. A maximum of two technicals for unsportsmanlike acts may be assessed
to any player, coach or trainer. Any of these offenders may be ejected for committing
only one unsportsmanlike act, and they must be ejected for committing two
unsportsmanlike acts.
c. A technical foul called for (1) delay of game, (2) coaches box violations,
(3) having a team total of less or more than five players when the ball is alive, or
(4) a player hanging on her basket ring or backboard, is not considered an act of
unsportsmanlike conduct.
d. A technical foul shall be assessed for unsportsmanlike tactics such as:
(1) Disrespectfully addressing an official
(2) Physically contacting an official
(3) Overt actions indicating resentment to a call
(4) Use of profanity
(5) A coach entering onto the court without permission of an official
(6) A deliberately-thrown elbow or any attempted physical act with
no contact involved
(7) Taunting
e. Cursing or blaspheming an official shall not be considered the only cause
for imposing technical fouls. Running tirades, continuous criticism or griping may
be sufficient cause to assess a technical. Excessive misconduct shall result in ejection
from the game.
f. Assessment of a technical foul shall be avoided whenever and wherever
possible; but, when necessary they are to be assessed without delay or procrastination.
Once a player has been ejected or the game is over, technicals cannot be
assessed regardless of the provocation. Any additional unsportsmanlike conduct
shall be reported immediately to the Operations Department.
g. If a technical foul is assessed to a team following a personal foul on the
same team, the free throw attempt for the technical foul shall be administered first.
h. The ball shall be awarded to the team which had possession at the time the
technical foul was assessed, whether the free throw attempt is successful or not.
Play shall be resumed by a throw-in nearest the spot where play was interrupted.
EXCEPTION: Rule 12A—Section I.
i. Anyone guilty of illegal contact which occurs during a dead ball may be
assessed (1) a technical foul, if the contact is deemed to be unsportsmanlike in
nature, or (2) a flagrant foul, if unnecessary and/or excessive contact occurs.
j. Free throws awarded for a technical foul must be attempted by a player in
the game when the technical foul is assessed.
(1) If a substitute has been beckoned into the game or has been
recognized by the officials as being in the game prior to a technical
foul being assessed, she is eligible to attempt the free
throw(s).
(2) If the technical foul is assessed before the opening tap, any player
listed in the scorebook as a starter is eligible to attempt the free
throw(s).
(3) If a technical foul is assessed before the starting lineup is indicated,
any player on the squad may attempt the free throw(s).
k. A technical foul, unsportsmanlike act or flagrant foul must be called for a
participant to be ejected. A player, coach or trainer may be ejected for:
(1) An elbow foul which makes contact shoulder level or below
(2) Any unsportsmanlike conduct where a technical foul is assessed
(3) A flagrant foul where unnecessary and/or excessive contact
occurs
EXCEPTION: Rule 12A—Section V—1(5)
l. A player, coach or trainer must be ejected for:
(1) A punching foul
(2) A fighting foul
(3) An elbow foul which makes contact above shoulder level
(4) An attempted punch which does not make contact
(5) Deliberately entering the stands other than as a continuance of
play
m. Eye guarding (placing a hand in front of the opponent’s eyes when guarding
from the rear) a player who does not have possession of the ball is illegal and
an unsportsmanlike technical shall be assessed.
n. A free throw attempt is awarded when one technical foul is assessed.
o. No free throw attempts are awarded when a double technical foul is
assessed. Technical fouls assessed to members of opposing teams during the same
deadball and prior to the administering of any free throw attempt for the first technical
foul shall be interpreted as a double technical foul.
p. The deliberate act of throwing the ball or any object at an official by a
player, coach or trainer is a technical foul and violators are subject to ejection from
the game.
q. Elbow fouls, which make contact above shoulder level, and punching
fouls, although recorded as both personal and team fouls, are unsportsmanlike
acts. The player will be ejected immediately.
Section VI—Fighting Fouls
a. Technical fouls shall be assessed to players, coaches or trainers for
fighting. No free throws will be attempted. The participants will be ejected
immediately.
b. This rule applies whether play is in progress or the ball is dead.
c. If a fighting foul occurs with a team in possession of the ball, that team
will retain possession on the sideline nearest the spot where play was interrupted
but no nearer to the baseline than the free throw line extended.
d. If a fighting foul occurs with neither team in possession, play will be
resumed with a jump ball between any two opponents who were in the game at the
center circle.
e. A fine and/or suspension may be imposed upon such person(s) by the
President at her sole discretion. Any fine imposed by the League Office upon a
player who is involved in an altercation will be accompanied by a fine to that player’s
team.
Section VII—Fines
a. Recipients of technical fouls for unsportsmanlike conduct will be assessed
a $150 fine for the first offense and an additional $150 for the second offense in
any one given game, for a minimum total of $300. If a player is ejected on (1) the
first technical foul for unsportsmanlike conduct, (2) a punching foul, (3) a fighting
foul, (4) an elbow foul, or (5) a flagrant foul, she shall be fined a minimum of
$300.
Whether or not said player(s) is ejected, a fine and/or suspension may be
imposed upon such person(s) by the President at her sole discretion.
b. 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 a minimum of $500. Any such suspension
will commence prior to the start of the player’s next game.
c. A team must have a minimum of eight players dressed and ready to play
in every game.
d. If four or more players leave the bench, the players will serve their suspensions
alphabetically according to the letters of their last names.
e. If six bench players are suspended (assuming no participants are included),
three of them will be suspended for the first game following the altercation.
The remaining three will be suspended for the second game following the altercation.
f. A player, coach, or assistant coach, upon being notified by an official that
he/she has been ejected from the game, must leave the playing area IMMEDIATELY
and remain in the dressing room of his/her team during such suspension
until completion of the game or leave the building. Violation of this rule shall
result in an automatic fine of $250, an additional fine not to exceed $5,000,
suspension, and possible forfeiture of the game. The use of messengers and/or
telephones to transmit information from an ejected coach to the bench violates the
spirit of this rule, and may result in appropriate penalties.
g. At halftime and the end of each game, the coach and his/her 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.
h. Each player, when introduced prior to the start of the game, must be uniformly
dressed.
i. Any player who is assessed a flagrant foul—penalty (2)—shall be ejected
and will be fined a minimum of $300.
B. Personal Foul
Section I—Types
a. A player shall not hold, push, charge into, impede the progress of an opponent
by extending a hand, forearm, leg or knee or by bending the body into a position
that is not normal. Contact that results in re-routing of an opponent is a foul
which must be called immediately.
b. Offensive and defensive players have equal rights to any position they
have legally obtained.
c. Contact initiated by a defensive player guarding a player with the ball is
not legal. This contact includes, but is not limited to, forearms, hands or body
check.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) A defender may apply contact with a forearm to an offensive player
with the ball who has her back to the basket below the free throw
line extended outside the Lower Defensive Box.
(2) A defender may apply contact with forearm and/or one hand with
a bent elbow to an offensive player in the post-up position with the
ball in the Lower Defensive Box.
(3) A defender may apply contact with a forearm to an offensive player
with the ball at any time in the Lower Defensive Box.
The forearm in the above exceptions is solely for the purpose
of maintaining a defensive position.
(4) A defender may position her leg between the legs of an offensive
player in a post-up position in the lower Lower Defensive Box for
the purpose of maintaining defensive position. If her foot leaves
the floor in an attempt to dislodge her opponent, it is a foul immediately.
(5) Incidental contact with the hand against an offensive player shall
be ignored if it does not affect a player’s speed, quickness, balance
and/or rhythm.
d. Any player whose actions against an opponent cause illegal contact with
yet another opponent has committed the personal foul.
e. A personal foul committed by the offensive team during a throw-in shall
be an offensive foul, regardless of whether the ball has been released.
f. Contact which occurs on the shooting hand of the offensive player, while
that hand is in contact with the ball, is legal.
g. One free throw attempt and possession of the ball on the sideline nearest
the spot where play was interrupted if an offensive player, or a teammate is fouled
while having a clear-path-to-the-basket. The ball and an offensive player must be
positioned between the tip-of-circle extended in the backcourt and the basket in the
frontcourt, with no defender between the ball and the basket when the personal
foul occurs. There must be team control and the new play must originate in the
backcourt, including throw-ins, and the offended team must be deprived an opportunity
to score an uncontested basket.
EXCEPTION: Flagrant, elbow and punching fouls.
PENALTY: The offender is charged with a personal foul. The offended team
is charged with a team foul if the illegal contact was caused by the defender. There
is no team foul if there are personal fouls on one member of each team or the personal
foul is on an offensive player. The offended team is awarded
(1) The ball out-of-bounds on the sideline at the spot nearest the foul but
no nearer to the baseline than the free throw line extended, if an
offensive foul is assessed.
(2) The ball out-of-bounds on the sideline nearest to where the play was
interrupted but no nearer to the baseline than the free throw line
extended if the personal foul is on the defender and if the penalty situation
is not in effect.
(3) One free throw attempt if the personal foul is on the defender and
there is a successful field goal or free throw on the play.
(4) Two/three free throw attempts if the personal foul is on the defender
and the offensive player is in the act of shooting an unsuccessful
field goal.
(5) One free throw attempt plus a penalty free throw attempt if the personal
foul is on the defender and the offensive player is not in the act
of attempting a field goal if the penalty situation is in effect.
(6) Two free throw attempts shall be awarded if a personal foul is for
illegal contact with an elbow. The elbow foul may be assessed
whether the ball is dead or alive. Free throw attempts are awarded
whether the ball is dead, alive, loose, or away-from-the-play in the
last minute of regulation or overtime(s).
Contact must occur for an elbow foul to be assessed. It is an
unsportsmanlike act whether or not there is contact. (See Rule
12A—Section V—d[6] for non-contact.)
If the deliberate elbow contact is above shoulder level, the
player will be ejected. If the elbow contact is shoulder level or
below, the player may be ejected at the discretion of the official.
In all of the situations, the official has the discretion of
assessing a flagrant foul-penalty (1) or (2).
(7) Two free throw attempts shall be awarded if a personal foul is committed
by a defender prior to the ball being released on a throw-in.
EXCEPTION: Rule 12B—Section X
(8) One (1) free throw attempt and possession of the ball on the sideline
nearest the spot where play was interrupted if an offensive
player, or teammate, is fouled while having a clear-path-to-thebasket.
The ball and the offensive player must be positioned
between the tip-of-circle extended in the backcourt and the basket
in the frontcourt, with no defender between the ball and the basket
when the personal foul occurs. There must be team control (including
throw-ins), and the new play must originate in the backcourt,
and the offended team must be deprived of an opportunity to score
an uncontested basket.
(9) Two free throw attempts are awarded if a personal foul is committed
against an offensive player without the ball when her team has
at least a one-woman advantage on a fast break and the defensive
player takes a foul to stop play.

Section II—By Dribbler
a. A dribbler shall not (1) charge into an opponent who has established a
legal guarding position, or (2) attempt to dribble between two opponents, or (3)
attempt to dribble between an opponent and a boundary, where sufficient space is
not available for illegal contact to be avoided.
b. If a defender is able to establish a legal position in the straight line path of
the dribbler, the dribbler must avoid contact by changing direction or ending her
dribble.
c. The dribbler must be in control of her body at all times. If illegal contact
occurs, the responsibility is on the dribbler.
PENALTY: The offender is assessed an offensive foul. There is no team foul.
The ball is awarded to the offended team on the sideline nearest the spot where
play was interrupted, but no nearer to the baseline than the free throw line extended.
EXCEPTION: Rule 3—Section I—a.
d. If a dribbler has sufficient space to have her head and shoulders in
advance of her defender, the responsibility for illegal contact is on the defender.
e. If a dribbler has established a straight line path, a defender may not crowd
her out of that path.
PENALTY: The defender shall be assessed a personal foul and a team foul.
If the penalty is not in effect, the offended team is awarded the ball on the sideline
nearest the spot where play was interrupted, but no nearer to the baseline than the
free throw line extended. If the penalty is in effect, one free throw attempt plus a
penalty free throw attempt is awarded.
f. A field goal attempt cannot be scored if a dribble follows the contact for a
personal foul.
Section III—By Screening
A player who sets a screen shall not (1) assume a position nearer than a normal
step from an opponent, if that opponent is stationary and unaware of the
screener’s position, or (2) make illegal contact with an opponent when she
assumes a position at the side or front of an opponent, or (3) assume a position so
near to a moving opponent that illegal contact cannot be avoided by the opponent
without changing direction or stopping, or (4) move laterally or toward an opponent
being screened, after having assumed a legal position. The screener may
move in the same direction and path of the opponent being screened.
In (3) above, the speed of the opponent being screened will determine what
the screener’s stationary position may be. This position will vary and may be one
to two normal steps or strides from her opponent.
Section IV—Flagrant Foul
a. If contact committed against a player, with or without the ball, is interpreted
to be unnecessary, a flagrant foul—penalty 1 will be assessed. A personal
foul is charged to the offender and a team foul is charged to the team.
PENALTY: (1) Two free throws shall be attempted and the ball awarded to
the offended team on either side of the court at the free throw line extended. (2) If
the offended player is injured and unable to attempt her free throws, the opposing
coach will select any player from the bench to attempt the free throws. (3) This
substitute may not be replaced until the ball is legally touched by a player on the
court. (EXCEPTION: RULE 3—Section V—e.) (4) The injured player may not
return to the game. (5) A player will be ejected if she commits two flagrant fouls
in the same game.
b. If contact committed against a player, with or without the ball, is interpreted
to be unnecessary and excessive, a flagrant foul—penalty 2 will be
assessed. A personal foul is charged to the offender and a team foul is charged to
the team.
PENALTY: (1) Two free throws shall be attempted and the ball awarded to
the offended team on either side of the court at the free throw line extended. (2) If
the offended player is injured and unable to attempt her free throws, her coach will
select a substitute and any player from the team is eligible to attempt the free
throws. (3) This substitute may not be replaced until the ball is legally touched by
a player on the court. (EXCEPTION: RULE 3—Section V—e.. (4) The injured
player may return to the game at any time after the free throws are attempted. (5)
This is an unsportsmanlike act and the offender is ejected.
c. A flagrant foul may be assessed whether the ball is dead or alive.
Section V—Free Throw Penalty Situations
a. Each team is limited to seven team fouls per regulation half without additional
penalties. Common fouls charged as team fouls, in excess of seven, will be
penalized by one free throw attempt plus a penalty free throw attempt.
(1) The first seven common fouls committed by a team in any regulation
half shall result in the ball being awarded to the opponent
on the sideline nearest where play was interrupted but no nearer
the baseline than the free throw line extended.
(2) The first three common fouls committed by a team in any overtime
period, shall result in the ball being awarded to the opponent
on the sideline nearest where play was interrupted but no nearer
the baseline than the free throw line extended.
(3) In the final minute of each half, if a team has not reached eight
team fouls or its quota of three team fouls during the first four
minutes of any overtime period, it shall be permitted to incur one
more team foul without penalty.
(4) During any overtime period, common fouls charged as team fouls
in excess of three will be penalized by one free throw plus a
penalty free throw attempt.
(5) Personal fouls which are flagrant, punching, elbowing or awayfrom-
the-play or clear-path-to-the-basket will carry their own
separate penalties and are included in the team foul total.
(6) Personal fouls committed against an offensive player in the act of
attempting a two-point field goal will result in two free throw
attempts being awarded. If the offensive player is attempting a
three-point field goal, three free throw attempts will be awarded.
(7) Personal fouls committed during a successful field goal attempt,
which result in one free throw attempt being awarded, will not
result in an additional free throw attempt if the penalty situation
exists.
b. A maximum of three points may be scored by the same team on a successful
two-point field goal attempt.
c. A maximum of four points may be scored by the same team on a successful
three-point field goal attempt.
Section VI—Double Fouls
a. No free throw attempts will be awarded on double fouls, whether they are
personal or technical.
b. Double personal fouls shall add to a player’s total, but not to the team
total.
c. If a double foul occurs, the team in possession of the ball at the time of the
call shall retain possession. Play is resumed on the sideline nearest the point where
play was interrupted, but no nearer to the baseline than the free throw line extended.
The 30-second clock is reset to 30 seconds if the ball is to be inbounded in the
team’s backcourt or stay the same or reset to 20, whichever is greater, if the ball is
to be inbounded in the frontcourt.
d. If a double foul occurs with neither team in possession, or when the ball
is in the air on an unsuccessful field goal or free throw attempt, play will be
resumed with a jump ball at the center circle between any two opponents in the
game at that time. If injury, ejection or disqualification makes it necessary for any
player to be replaced, no substitute may participate in the jump ball. The jumper
shall be selected from one of the remaining players in the game.
e. If a double foul occurs on a successful field goal or free throw attempt, the
team that has been scored upon will inbound the ball at the baseline as after any
other score.
f. If a double foul occurs as a result of a difference in opinion by the officials,
no points can be scored and play shall resume with a jump ball at the center
circle between any two opponents in the game at that time. No substitute may participate
in the jump ball.
Section VII—Offensive Fouls
A personal foul assessed against an offensive player which is neither an
elbow, punching or flagrant foul shall be penalized in the following manner:
(1) No points can be scored by the offensive team
(2) The offending player is charged with a personal foul
(3) The offending team is not charged with a team foul No free
throws are awarded.
EXCEPTION: Rule 3—Section I—a.
Section VIII—Loose Ball Fouls
a. A personal foul, which is neither a punching, flagrant or an elbow foul,
committed while there is no team control shall be administered in the following
manner:
(1) Offending team is charged with a team foul
(2) Offending player is charged with a personal foul
(3) Offended team will be awarded possession at the sideline, nearest
the spot of the foul, but no nearer to the baseline than the free
throw line extended, if no penalty exists
(4) Offended player is awarded one free throw attempt plus a penalty
free throw attempt if the offending team is in a penalty situation
b. If a “loose ball” foul called against the defensive team is then followed by
a successful field goal, one free throw attempt will be awarded to the offended
player, allowing for the three-point or four-point play. This interpretation applies:
(1) Regardless of which offensive player is fouled
(2) Whether or not the penalty situation exists. The ball can never be
awarded to the scoring team out-of-bounds following a personal
foul which occurs on the same play
c. If a “loose ball” foul called against the defensive team is followed by a
successful free throw, one free throw will be awarded to the offended player
whether or not the penalty is in effect.
d. If a “loose ball” foul called against the offensive team is then followed by
a successful field goal attempt by the same offensive player, no points may be
scored.
Section IX—Punching Fouls
a. Illegal contact called on a player for punching is a personal foul and a
team foul. One free throw attempt shall be awarded, regardless of the number of
previous fouls in the period. The ball shall be awarded to the offended team outof-
bounds on either side of the court at the free throw line-extended, whether the
free throw is successful or unsuccessful.
b. Any player who throws a punch, whether it connects or not, has committed
an unsportsmanlike act. She will be ejected immediately and suspended for a
minimum of one game.
c. This rule applies whether play is in progress or the ball is dead.
d. In the case where one punching foul is followed by another, all aspects of
the rule are applied in both cases, and the team last offended is awarded possession
on the sideline at the free throw line extended in the frontcourt.
Section X—Away-From-the-Play Foul
a. During the last minute of the second half or overtime period(s) with the
offensive team in possession of the ball, all personal fouls which are assessed
against the defensive team prior to the ball being released on a throw-in and/or
away-from-the-play, shall be administered as follows:
(1) A personal foul and team foul shall be assessed and one free
throw attempt shall be awarded. The free throw may be attempted
by any player in the game at the time the personal foul was
committed.
(2) If the foul occurs when the ball is inbounds, the offended team
shall be awarded the ball at the nearest point where play was
interrupted but no nearer to the baseline than the free throw line
extended.
(3) If the foul occurs prior to the release on a throw-in, the offended
team shall be awarded the ball at the original throw-in spot, with
all privileges, if any, remaining.
EXCEPTION: Rule 12-B—Section X—b & c.
b. In the event that the personal foul committed is an elbow foul, the play
shall be administered as follows:
(1) A personal foul and team foul shall be assessed and the free
throw shooter shall be awarded two free throw attempts. The free
throw(s) may be attempted by any player in the game at the time
the personal foul was committed.
(2) In the event that the offended player is unable to participate in the
game, the free throw shooter may be selected by her coach from
any eligible player on the team. Any substitute must remain in the
game until the ball is legally touched by a player on the court.
(EXCEPTION: RULE 3—Section V—e.)
(3) The offended team shall be awarded the ball at the nearest point
where play was interrupted with all privileges if any remaining.
c. In the event that the personal foul committed is a flagrant foul, the play
shall be administered as follows:
(1) A personal foul and team foul shall be assessed and the free
throw shooter shall be awarded two free throw attempts. The free
throws may be attempted by any player in the game at the time
the flagrant foul was committed.
(2) If a flagrant foul—penalty (1) is assessed and the offended player
is unable to participate in the game, the substitute will be
selected by her coach. The two free throws may be attempted by
any of the four remaining players in the game. The ball will be
awarded to the offended team at the free throw line extended in
the frontcourt. The injured player may return to the game.
(3) If a flagrant foul—penalty (2) is assessed and the offended player
is unable to participate in the game, the substitute will be
selected by her coach. The two free throws may be attempted by
the substitute or any of the four remaining players in the game.
The ball will be awarded to the offended team at the free throw
line extended in the frontcourt. The injured player may return to
the game.