Timeout During a Held Ball

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Originally Posted by Smitty

Is there a rules reference for this? I could see an argument that if two players are grasping the ball, prior to the moment that you determine it is a held ball, that they both have control. Just sayin'...

If two players are grasping the ball, then it's a held ball. The fact that I may not have put air in my whistle quite yet doesn't change that. Yes, you could make the argument that they both have control before I blow my whistle, but it's still a held ball, even though I haven't blown it dead yet.