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I would think you'd have to have a held ball. I don't have the rule book before me, so I'm not sure if the provisions of a held ball require opposing players have their hands on ball or if lower extremities satisfy the requirement. If they both are asking for a time at or near the same time, whom do you grant it to?
If you grant the time out, the coach who may not want the time out, could argue that his player did NOT have player control of the ball. Or he or the other coach could argue that the player from team A may have kicked the ball, as they intentionally struck (grabbed/wrapped) the ball with their leg - in which case they would rather have the possession and not the timeout. Both are extreme, but I think that goes to the case of calling the held ball.
Interesting the stuff that goes on in the SW District of Ohio.
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