30-Second Time-Out

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Official Forum members:

Please note the additional citation (thanks Jurassic Referee) and some added boldface edited to my original post.

Thanks for the opinions, including some common sense (thanks refnrev), but I would really like some additional citations to support either side, Rule Book, Case Book, Exam, or Refresher Exam. I need some strong support for one side or another by Monday, October 30, 2006, for a New Members Clinic.

I'm with Cameron and Juulie here. The rules state that bench players may stand during a charged timeout. This is an allowance. The rules state that during a 30 second timeout, the players must remain standing. This is a restriction directly aimed at the 5 active players. It doesn't address the bench personnel, and the rule allowing the bench personnel to stand during a timeout doesn't say anything about being in effect for some timeouts and not others.

Let them stand.

Adam