Time out positions - two man crew

[Old School]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

You said, "Even if the teams are out there and ready to play, the ball doesn't go back into play until the 2nd horn." This is the glaring error. It goes against the rule I quoted for you.

I agree, if both teams are ready to go before the 2nd horn, we can start. But, if the team that called the timeout is not ready to go, then we wait for the 2nd horn.

No, the rules tell you to put the ball in play when one or both teams don't break the huddle at 60 seconds. If one team is ready, and the other is not, then the team that is still in the huddle is breaking the rules to get extra coaching (or rest) time. If you don't like the rules as written, perhaps your reffing the wrong.... Wait, never mind.

As a matter of fact, I don't like this rule. In order for this not to happen, I go into the huddle and break it up, or I ask the coach at that point in time, do you want another timeout? If not, let's get them out. I have had to do this in my college games as well. Most of my partners that I work with, will just wait for them to break the huddle. I am a little more proactive because I don't want to use that RPP. I think it's good game management to do this.