Stick 'em or not?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Yeah - but how do you really feel?

It was kind of weird advice anyway. The player didn't say anything until after the timeout request was granted. How could you possibly go back at that time and call a retroactive 5-second violation instead? Now, if the player said it during the count, it might be different. But not different enough to justify making up your own rules.

Imo you just follow the rules that you have. You have a legitimate and legal TO request. There's no reason not to grant it. After that, any response to the player yakking is predicated by the tolerance level of the official. You can ignore it, warn the player or call the "T"-- your choice. If you want to penalize the player, fine, then go ahead and do so. Do it correctly by the rules though. There's no need to play games.

JMHO....