Ignore timeout request?

[WDEvol]

Originally Posted by Adam

I've never heard of instructions at any level to ignore a timeout here. I've seen officials advocate doing it that way, but that is always personal philosophy. The reason you don't ignore it is precisely what happened in this play.

I made the comment after the game that I might do something like this in a rec league game with players 5th-grade age or below, but even at the middle school or high school level, I'd grant the timeout and assess penalties accordingly.