Blood OT

[TimTaylor]

Originally posted by Smitty
Sorry Juulie, I wasn't at the meeting last night so I can't chime in. I am curious now, though. Please let me know what you find out. Thanks...

Ditto Juulie, I had a game last night so I wasn't there either. I took a quick look, and the following is verbatim from the NFHS web site 2004/2005 rules interpretations:

SITUATION 2: Officials discover blood on players A1 and B1 simultaneously and direct both players to leave the game. After notification by the officials, Team A chooses to call a time-out to keep A1 in the game, while Team B elects to substitute B6 for B1. RULING: B6 must enter the game prior to the official granting the time-out for Team A. A1 must be ready to play by the end of the time-out. B1 may not re-enter the game until the next opportunity to substitute after time has run off the clock. (3-3-6)

There's no requirement that the timeout terminate as soon as the player is ready to go, only that he/she be ready to play by the end of the timeout.

I do recall from the rules meeting in Nov. that if both teams request timeouts, they must run concurrently. I believe it was also stated that if team A takes the time out for blood/injury & is ready to go early, team B must also come out too - they don't get the rest of the timeout period......maybe this is where the confusion arises....

Let me know what you find out.......