"Timeout!".....whoops

[Mark Padgett]

Originally posted by Danvrapp
About a nanosecond later I realize team A couldn't call TO without player possession

Team A (or B, for that matter) can never call timeout. Only you or your partner(s) can call a timeout. Players and head coaches can only request them.

I know this sounds incredibly nit-picky, but I've seen players stop playing when a coach or another player yells for a timeout, and sometimes (like in your case), that team is not entitled to one. We need to keep reinforcing the idea that players need to keep playing until (and sometimes even after) the whistle. Not only that, coaches need to realize that they can't get a timeout every time they want one, only when it is allowed under rule - and we, not them, are the judges of how to interpret and administer the rules.