[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

So we beckon these substitutes during a timeout, but not during an intermission?

Mechanically, this does make some sense. In a Connecticut two person game, during a timeout there is an official on the division line, either on the table side jump ball circle, or on the far side jump ball circle, who is obviously there to beckon substitutes. During intermissions, the official on the division line is all the way over on the far side sideline.

If they report, and are not beckoned, as in an intermission, where all players are bench personnel, has there been substitution, or has there been no substitution?

I don't beckon players in during timeout and I cannot think of a single time I have seen anyone do such a thing. That sounds like a local thing, but not something I have ever seen done even watching a game.

Peace