Failing to Inbound the ball and calling time out

[Jack]

Gentlemen,

My question relates to High School Basketball Rules.

Failing to inbound a ball a player seeks to call time out. Can he call time out all the way to prior to the referee's five count or once the refereee has marked four seconds is the time out not allowed by rule?
A month ago in a high school game the "four second rule" was invoked against our team. The result was a turnover. Today it should have been called on our opposition but was not. After the game the official in today's game said he had never heard of that rule.

regards,

Jack

[Edited by Jack on Dec 29th, 2005 at 07:19 PM]

[Jayzer]

My guess is you can call a time out as long as the 5 sec. count has not been reached.

[lukealex]

There is no such rule that you speak of. The player may call a time out any time before the official reaches five seconds.

I seem to remember this or something similar mentioned before, but the "rule" was removed years ago, someone else might be able to confirm this, but I could just be imagining something.

[Jurassic Referee]

Not being able to call a time-out after 4 seconds of the 5-second count was an old rule long removed from the rulebook. It sounds like the official that called that hasn't bought a new rule book in a long, long time either.

[Rich]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Not being able to call a time-out after 4 seconds of the 5-second count was an old rule long removed from the rulebook. It sounds like the official that called that hasn't bought a new rule book in a long, long time either.

Has he called a lack of action technical foul lately?

[Jack]

thanks to all that replied. This clears it up for me.

jack

[Texas Aggie]

I think the 4 second rule was out before the lack of action rule. I don't recall the 4 second rule, but I do recall screwing up a LOA play!

LOA went out about '90 or so. When did the other go out?