T or no T - that is the question

[constable]

Originally Posted by Hugh Refner

NF rules. We know that if a team requests a TO when they are out of TOs, it's a T. What if they make the request during a time in the game in which they could not be granted a TO if they still had any? Is it still a T?

Can you legally grant the TO? If not, I don't see how you can whack them for it.

[BillyMac]

Entitled to, or not, once the official grants the time out, even if it's erroneously granted, it's granted, and cannot be revoked, thus the technical foul is charged.