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'Buy-In' Time-out Further Explanined
An editorial change by the Basketball Rules Committee added a new note clarigying that both teams much request a time-out in order to keep two opposing players in the game that were both directed to leave for injury/blood (3-3-6 note).
Play 1: A1 and B2 accidentaly bump heads and are both bleeding. The officials stop play and beckon trainers on the court. While A1 and B2 are helped to their respective bench areas, Team A's coach requests and is granted a time-out. Team A intends to use the time-out to get A1 read to play and keep A1 in the game.
Ruling 1: A1 is allowed to continue play (pending all medical issues are resolved by rule) since Team A "bought" A1's way back into the game with a time-out. Even though Team A was charged the time-out, B2 cannot be allowed back in the game unless Team B is also charged a time-out. Unless charged, B2 maybe only return to action at the next legal opportunity to substitute. When simultaneously bleeding opponents are discovered, once the medical situation is addressed the officials should tell both head coaches substitutes are required unless they intend to keep their player in the game via a time-out. If the coaches wish to have injuried players remain in the game, the time-outs are charged immediately and are run concurrently. That means Team A's time-out and Team B's time-out run are the same time, not one after the other. Assuming all other attributes of the rule are met, both injuried players may return immediately following the time-out. If one team does not initially take a time-out to by the injuried player back into the game, the 30 second subsitution clock is started to get the injuried player's replacement tinot the game before a time-out is granted. Either team may request and be granted a time-out for injury "buy in" purposes until the 30-second substitution time linit expires. Once the substitute is in, the other team's time-out begins.
Play 2: A1 and B2 accidentally bump heads and are both bleeding. The officials stop play and beckon trainers on the court. While A1 and B2 are helped to their respective bench areas, the officials should tell both head coaches substitutes are required unless they want a timout to "buy" their injured player back into the game. Team A's coach wants the timeout while team B's coach doesn't.
Ruling 2: Before team A's timeout is granted, B2 must be replaced with a substitute. Once the official is informed team B does not intend to take are timeout, the official notifies the scorer to start the 30-second substitution interval. If a Team B substitute reports and is beckoned into the game, Team A's time-out is then started. Team A may then keep A1 in the game. If during the 30-second substitution interbal Team B's coach changes his or her mind and now was to "buy" B2 back in, that is legal if the substitue has not already reported and been beckoned into the game. Once Team B requests a time-out, both Team's and Team's A time-outs are charged immediately and run concurrently (at the same time). A1 and B2 are then allowed back in the game.
Geez, that's a lot of typing! There you go.
T Jones
[Edited by tjones1 on Dec 14th, 2004 at 03:32 PM]
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