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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett
Since we're getting closer to the start of the season, I'll go ahead and say it. Under NF rules, coaches cannot call timeouts. They can only request them. Sorry, Scrappy Do. I'm not picking on you, just letting the newbies know they should use the correct terminology. Plus - we want them to learn that just because a coach requests a timeout doesn't mean the coach is entitled to one at that time (the other team could be in team control, for example), therefore there's a specific distinction between calling and requesting timeouts.
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Technicaly correct, but do I really care? There are a lot more important things to worry about.
With one implied word, they are the same....
"Calling [for] a timeout" is equivalent to "Requesting a timeout".