FIBA and the Possession Arrow

[Mark Padgett]

Originally posted by Bobby
Also, one common procedure in college is for a player to take the ball and call the time out just to avoid a violation by arrow.

What's wrong with requesting a timeout to avoid a violation? I would agree that it would need to be changed if each team received an unlimited number of timeouts, but the amount of timeouts each team receives is finite. If they want to trade one for avoiding a violation, they should be able to do so. It's no different than requesting a timeout as you are falling OOB with the ball. It's a good rule.