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Old Fri Mar 19, 2010, 07:44pm
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by bas2456 View Post
Pretty sure they still have to use it. Radio and TV stations sell the ad time...their buyers would be pretty ticked off if their commercials didn't get in
Yes, it still gets taken. There will eventually be an opportunity. If the under-12 timeout hasn't been taken and there is a whistle/dead ball at 6:30, they'll take the under-12 timeout then. Then, the under-8 timeout will be pending and could occur almost right away if an opportunity presents itself.

I guess it is technically possible to play a half without a whistle....leaving no opportunity for a commercials until after the final buzzer...how many people do you thing will sit through those 4 sets of commercials (about 3.5 minutes each) for the post game chit-chat? I think I'd be long gone.
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