Hadn't Seen this Before

[JetMetFan]

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Originally Posted by BillyMac

Does this strengthen your citation?

"Such a time-out shall not be reduced in length unless both teams are ready to play before the time-out is over."QUOTE]

Yeah, it could. It might end up limiting teams to standing in their time-out areas until everyone is ready but it does help.

As you said, though, the problem is there's no prescribed penalty if a team doesn't stay in its time-out area other than...making the players go back into the area.