spurned rules changes

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by amusedofficial

-- 4-12-7 When there is player control and the ball is being contested by members of opposing teams, while the ball and player are on the floor ONLY the player in control or a player of the same team may request timeout.

-- Allow state adoption of shot clock.

-- Proposals for six minute quarters below ninth grade, eight minutes for teams with ninth graders

Regarding the first one quoted here, is this another way of saying a coach can't call time out under the circumstances? As for the other two, state's are already allowed shot clock adoption (seven states use it, two for girls only), and the quarter times are already as listed. What did I miss?