NFHS Questionnaire

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

10. Playing the game in halves.
-I really don't know. Would this, or should this, affect the number of time outs a team gets? I mean, the time between the quarters (minus halftime) kind of acts as 6th and 7th TOs right now.

I've seen it suggested (somewhere else on this forum) that the move to halves could be accompanied with a rule that an automatic, non-charged-to-a-team timeout be taken following the first foul or violation after the midpoint of the half (so, if you're playing 16-minute halves, the first foul/violation after at/below 7:59 on the clock).

MN doesn't do this, and I don't think there's any need to do this, but it would remove concerns about the "6th or 7th timeout" while having less of an interruption on the flow of the game.