mouthpiece violation during dead ball May 13, 2021 World Games 2014 0 Forum Questions If you do a check between quarters, and the player does not have a mouthpiece, does he serve time, or does the other team just get the ball to start the quarter? Question File Add new DuBan's Answer: Visual Text According to <strong>1-9 art 1</strong>, a mouthpiece is considered to be a piece of required equipment. According to <strong>6-5</strong> <strong>art 2, letter x</strong>, the penalty for not having a mouthpiece is a technical foul for illegal procedure. Assuming by "check", you are speaking to an officials random stick and equipment check or a coaches requested check, then yes, the opposing team would get the ball to start the quarter assuming there were no other dead ball fouls that may have occurred (PS watch regular season meeting #3). An official should be sure sure that the mouthpiece did not come out during the course of play. If that were to happen, it in fact would not be a technical foul, but instead the player should be asked to get a mouthpiece before entering the field of play to start the next quarter. Also officials should not be inspecting mouthpieces or penalizing players unless this is during an officials' random check or a coach's requested check during dead ball periods as the coaches have certified that all players have been properly equipped according to <strong>rule 1-11</strong>. Kratz's Answer: Visual Text McCarrick's Answer: Visual Text Riti's Answer: Visual Text Tyma's Answer: Visual Text Answer File Question Answered Yes No
