Time Marches On ...
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
How many times have we heard a player say, "Time out. I need to tie my shoe", during a clock stopped, dead ball. Do we always charge the time out because the words, "time out", were stated?
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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
That seems to me to be a different play -- one in which the TO is NOT granted in the first place.
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First of all, in a real game, I'm not charging a timeout in this situation. I'm just telling him to tie his shoe.
Secondly, by the book, why is the timeout not granted in this case. Clock stopped. Dead ball. What rule prevents an official from granting a timeout here.
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