Timeout or held ball?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by NoFussRef

Reading the OP a lil closer I might grant a TO in this sitch. If B1 simply "put hands on the ball" then Bob is correct, not yet a held ball.

I was reading the OP as 'During a held ball' and interpreting that to mean A1 and B1 both playing tug-of-war with the ball. If this were the sitch. does A still have team control, grant TO? If during a held ball (FC) team A still has team control can you have 3 Sec Violation on A?

There's no such thing as "during" a held ball.

Either you've decided that both players have their hands on the ball such that control cannot be obtained without undue roughness (or whatever the wording is -- in which case it's a held ball and no TO (unless another is requested), or the criterion hasn't been met -- in which case grant the TO.