Successive time outs

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Of course not ...

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Of course not ....

Agree. I would still like to see:

A team shall not: Request and be granted an excess time-out.

[so cal lurker]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Agree. I would still like to see:

A team shall not: Request and be granted an excess time-out.

I think you have a solution in search of a problem. If you add that language, you are going to create the impression in some that the official can decline to grant and thereby not give the TF. Has anyone ever heard of the current language causing an issue in the real world? Anyone? Ever?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by so cal lurker

If you add that language, you are going to create the impression in some that the official can decline to grant and thereby not give the TF.

Good point. It just seemed like a quick, simple fix to a solution in search of a problem. I was just trying to be proactive. I didn't realize there would be any unintended consequences.

And we do have officials, some who have lurked on this Forum, who believe that they can ignore a request for a timeout from a coach if the official knows it would be an excess timeout leading to a technical foul.