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Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser
I hate to be picky word parser, but the rulebook says the teams only need prepare to be ready to play at 45 seconds. It doesn't mean that the second that warning horn goes that they have to be out of the huddle. I can interpret that phrase in a number of different ways.
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Rich, the rule book states that the timeout shall not exceed 60 seconds. Not sure how many ways there are to interpret that phrase.
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Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser
I also will not start a timeout period until both teams are at the benches and I instruct the timer to wait until I start the clock on a timeout. That sometimes takes a few seconds. So be it.
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I think this is standard practice. No one is saying to do otherwise. In fact, it's the single agreeable thing Old School has written.