"That's a foul!"

[Adam]

Originally Posted by bainsey

YES, all of the above. By the standards of language, an order does not require subordination.

And for the record, I've never heard a kid say "give me a time-out." They've just yelled "time out!"

So,

A1 has the ball in transition, only one player to beat. As he goes by B1, B1 hacks A1's arm. It slows A1 down slightly, but not enough to really affect his shot and he makes a wide open layup.

After his shot, B calls timeout. A1 approaches you to ask why you didn't call a foul.

"Because you played through it and got a wide open shot."

Player quietly responds, "call the foul."

You calling the T?

He's not ordering you to do anything. It's a request, with the "please" or "I wish you would" implied by the tone and context. I can guarantee you, I'm not giving any orders to my command structure, and if they took it as such I'd be in trouble.