Advanced officiating concepts....

[mick]

Originally posted by RollTide
having the chance to still request the timeout because of the dead ball situation doesn't matter does it? Once we stop play to grant the timeout, the timeout must be granted. Or, am I wrong here?

RollTide,
The procedure is to say to the coach, "M'bad, do you still wish the time-out? The other team will get the throw-in regardless....", and then to grant if requesting coach says yes or to allow the throw-in by the other team if coach says no.
mick