Ugly Timeout Situation - Discussed Before

[Adam]

Originally Posted by just another ref

When the timeout is actually granted is a gray area, which some of us would like to see specifically defined in the rules.

No more gray than the case play that tells us to call a double foul on a blarge.

[bob jenkins]

True Confession:

First half. A gets trapped in FC (away from the bench). B puts hands on ball and I call "held ball" just as I hear Coach A yelling for a TO (she had kind of a soft voice). B has the arrow, so as I run past Coach A, she asks, "Didn't you hear me ask for the TO?"

I replied, "Not until after the held ball. I'm not saying you didn't ask earlier, only that I didnt' hear it earlier."

She seems satisfied.

Second half, loose ball on the floor in A's BC (again, away from the bench). A dives on the ball and as B approaches I *clearly* hear a female voice from the general direction of A's bench, "Time Out." I look to the bench and Coach A is looking directly at me. So, I blow the whistle and grant the TO.

Coach A says, "We didn't request a TO."

effme.

So, we had an inadvertant whistle and A keeps the ball.

[Judtech]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

No more gray than the case play that tells us to call a double foul on a blarge.

Hey speak for the NFHS and NCAA - M only please. We on the NCAA - W side have that one already figured out!

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

No more gray than the case play that tells us to call a double foul on a blarge.

That one is actually not gray. It is in direct conflict with definitions in the rule book. Pretty easy to figure out, I thought.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

No more gray than the case play that tells us to call a double foul on a blarge.

Agitator!

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

No more gray than the case play that tells us to call a double foul on a blarge.

Agitator.