Can I get some help on Time Out administration?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Also, we're not allowed to "bump" the timeout, meaning that if I grant the timeout, I can't tell my partner to go to the reporting area to report the timeout, I must do it myself, no matter how far away from the table I am, and no matter how close my partner is to the table.

When I was in DC we referred to that as "relaying" the time-out. Now that I am in NV, I call it "pony expressing."

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

When I was in DC we referred to that as "relaying" the time-out. Now that I am in NV, I call it "pony expressing."

Were you allowed to do it in the District? Are you allowed to do it in Nevada? We were allowed to do this for many years, until a few years ago, and I don't remember if we were using NFHS, or IAABO, mechanics back then, when we were suddenly told to stop the mechanic. According to our interpreter, two officials in a single "big time" game, screwed up the timeout reporting. The granting official said, "Timeout White", it got "bumped", and his partner misheard him, and reported it as, "Timeout Green", which created all kinds of problems near the end of a close game. Because two officials screwed up, we can't "bump" the timeouts anymore, at least here in Connecticut.