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Time out
A1 has ball ; B1 grabs ball (held) can either coach ask for a time out (Ref has not made a call yet).
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Sure. Either coach can request a time out. The issue is whether it should be granted. Is there player control at this point? That would be the key to the answer to your question.
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My Opinion: Held Ball ...
Sounds like both A1 and B1 have player control. Does that mean that either coach, or a player on either team, can request and be granted a timeout? Or does it mean that the official should call a held ball, even if opponents do not have their hands so firmly on the ball that control cannot be obtained without undue roughness?
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4-25-1 A held ball occurs when opponents have their hands so firmly on the ball that control cannot be obtained without undue roughness
No control, no TO. |
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Until the held ball is whistled, Team A can request a timeout. Quote:
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Team A has player/team control and can request a timeout prior to a held ball being declared. |
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If it's held ball, then there should be a whistle. If there's not a whistle, then there's no held ball and Team A still has team control. You can't deny them a timeout. |
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A held ball is called, in a sense, because both teams have control. |
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---- Quote: Originally Posted by Scratch85 View Post 4-25-1 A held ball occurs when opponents have their hands so firmly on the ball that control cannot be obtained without undue roughness No control, no TO. The rule is addressing control of the ball, not team or player control. Team A has player/team control and can request a timeout prior to a held ball being declared. ---- So team a has team and player control BUT B does not. |
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(Now that I've thought about this a bit more, I'm going to flip on my reasoning but the result is the same.) I believe neither player has control. Perhaps team control doesn't end (this doesn't really matter), but player control does end. The rule you cited doesn't refer to which team/player is which in referring to not being able to obtain control but refers to them as opponents. It is saying that NEITHER player has control when both are holding the ball. It establishes the concept that player control exists only when a player is holding the ball alone. If you think about it, the whole point of player control is that the player is in control of the ball and is free to do what they wish with the ball (dribble, shoot, pass). And that is something they can not do if someone else is also holding it. Once B gets their hands on the ball, player A (not necessarily team A) has lost player control and the option of a timeout is gone. The only things that can happen next is that someone gains player control by pulling the ball free or a held ball is called. |
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Maybe it's semantics, if both players are holding the ball AND the official hits the whistle, THEN it becomes a held ball. Until the held ball is whistled, Team A still has player and team control. As a matter of practice, I always see the timeout granted if it's whistled before the held ball is whistled. |
OK, another question related to this.
Suppose the given scenario does indeed occur and you have a double whistle. The L is calling a jump ball and the T is calling for a time out by Team B. Do you then grant the TO and put the ball in play by AP rules (would be my thought) or.......? Robby |
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