[JRutledge]

For those the work basketball, you should be used to this.

For those that do not work basketball, you should handle this just like basketball. Basketball officials have to deal with Head Coaches calling timeouts as well. It is customary to not turn and look and not to assume we heard the coach call a timeout. You should hear, see and recognize a timeout request. Hear the timeout request. See who is calling it. Recognize who made the request and the situation it was requested. Then when all that happens and the proper person requests a timeout, you grant it.

As a Referee, I am going to inform him that he still should have players request timeouts. We will only pay attention to his request when we are facing him. I really think this will not become much of an issue.

Peace