How can you call a time out in the air?

[Jimgolf]

Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
What's the big deal about this? It's one possession and teams only get 5 timeouts per game. If they want to waste one in this fashion, fine with me.

Bingo! Another dumb play that gets glorified by TV announcers saying, "What a smart player", as if a possession was more important than a timeout. You don't see coaches asking for a timeout when a player is jumping out of bounds.