A TMF will be issued when a team demonstrates a pattern of poor spirit or disregard for the rules, by committing intentional, repeated, or flagrant infractions.

Behavior warranting such sanctions includes deliberate fouling, dangerous play, taunting, fighting, swearing directed at an official or opponent, repeated marking fouls, deliberate marking violations, making unwarranted calls or contests, or other blatant disregard of the rules.

Any flagrant foul does not require a pattern to result in a TMF or PMF.

A single particularly violent "harmful endangerment" infraction can be grounds for a PMF or an ejection, at the discretion of the observer who witnesses the incident.

A single particularly egregious demonstration of disregard for the rules, such as an intentional infraction or clearly unfounded call, can be grounds for a TMF.