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Old Wed Dec 16, 2009, 09:59pm
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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this was a discussion I started earlier.

Once you grant a time out, even erroneously, it cannot be taken back. Charge the coach with a time out and start the time out period.

After time out, start the ball out-of-bounds closest to the spot of the ball when play was dead, and give the ball back to the team who had possession.
You could make this into an accidental whistle if you know you were wrong immediately. But by rule if you grant the timeout incorrectly, you have to live with it.

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