A time out with a twist.

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by referee99

6th Grade boys.

Smaller A1 has a pass batted back towards him, he and a larger B1 wrangle for the ball in the air, and A1 lands a bit awkwardly and off balance near the sideline. He looks right at me with a a grimace and puts his hands together indicating time-out, which I grant.

Then he walks towards his bench, hobbling like an old geezer! I didn't recognize him to be hurt, but hurt he was.

I confer with partner and we agree this time-out won't be charged to Team A, but rather be an official's time out to get a new player in for A1. Partner said he would for this rec game, but wouldn't for a high school game. My feeling is I would do the same in a high school game.

Interested in others feedback.

6th grade game, I wouldn't charge the TO to team A.

JV/Varsity it would be a HTBT situation (assuming you KNOW that A1 is injured). Consider the example of how we allow the continuing action when a player goes down if there's no risk of further injury to that player. If, in this case, there's no real possibility of continuing action, I'd treat is as your standard injury timeout. If there's a chance for continuing action without further risk to the player (doubtful, since apparently he has the ball) I'd charge the TO to Team A.