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					Originally Posted by  BayStateRef
					 
				 
				I never knew it was a problem. The proposal came from the Mass.  basketball coaches assn. but it has not gotten any traction. The only thing I can figure is that Mass. used to play 16-minute halves with five 60-second timeouts per game. When we switched to 8-minute quarters four years ago, the timeouts were changed to match the NFHS rule. 
			
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 Not really related to the timeout issue, but is the state still requiring officials to stick around for the post-game handshake?
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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