Team out of time-outs

kenref1 · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Sep 25, 2003, 10:35am

If a team is out of time-outs and an official grants a fourth time-out, what happens?

MD Longhorn · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Sep 25, 2003, 10:46am

End the timeout and start the clock on the ready.

kenref1 · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Sep 25, 2003, 10:48am

Is there a penalty?

MD Longhorn · #4 (**permalink**) Thu Sep 25, 2003, 10:49am

No. Only in basketball.

Warrenkicker · #5 (**permalink**) Thu Sep 25, 2003, 11:24am

The penalty is on the official who granted the timeout.

If this happened with only a few seconds on the clock then, if in your opinion, the clock would have run out before the ball would have been snapped then wind the clock without blowing the ball ready for play. Don't let the team who called the TO get an extra snap at the end of a period because of this.

Communication is very important here so that all officials know how many timeouts each team has and each team's coaches know how many they have left.

mikesears · #6 (**permalink**) Thu Sep 25, 2003, 12:20pm

Quote:

Originally posted by kenref1
Is there a penalty?

Only in the NFL.