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This has confirmed my idea that this is one of those things where "everybody does it that way," I am still having a problem with the language in the books.
5-8 reads: Time-out occurs.....when an official
1. signals.....
2. stops play
3. grants a .....request
4. responds to the scorer's
signal
The way I read this, it ain't a time-out until we say it is.
This, of course, is as opposed to a foul or violation, which cause the ball to become dead when they occur. 6-7
Why does 6-7 not include: ball becomes dead when a player/head coach requests a time-out. or: an official recognizes the request for a time-out which has been properly made by a player or head coach.
Is there anything written anywhere (nfhs interpretation, old casebook play) which supports the position of everybody else in the world except me on this issue?
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