Back when it was simple--Original Rules

Oz Referee · #8 (**permalink**) Sun Jun 23, 2002, 08:15pm

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Originally posted by Mark Dexter

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Originally posted by JRutledge
Appartantly, only the coach could call a timeout. And they had a buzzer system that was suppose to call the timeout instead of asking an official.

Was this rule just for FIBA Rules? Or did the NBA, NCAA or even the NF have a similar rule. Obviously this is for the people that were around playing at that time or officiating (I really did not want to go there ) during that period of the game.

We should probably check with Oz for the official FIBA interpretation, but (at least from my memory) timeouts are very different under FIBA rules. I believe they can only be requested when the clock is already stopped (i.e., more for coaching purposes than ohmygoshimfallingoutofboundsandneedtokeepposession purposes) and must be recognized by the table and the table officials notify the referee by use of the game horn.

How'd I do, Oz?

Well done Mark! We'll make you metric yet

The only time that a time-out may be called when the clock is running is if the opposing team has scored. In this case the time out must be requested before the player inbounding the ball has the ball out of bounds. The only person that may request a time out is the Head Coach (or Assitant Coach/Captain if the Head Coach is ejected).