You're right, I did misread that. I just went and checked Toys BC's (his opponent) fouls for the last few games, and I found this:
23, 10, 18, 17, 13, 19, 21, 13, 17
There is a pretty large variation there, but the average of those is 17 fouls, which leads me to believe that CT (it it was a CT) doesn't affect fouls.
Also, the last time sharkboy played this guy, the fouls were 28 to 17 in favor of Toys BC, so it's not too far from the result this time.