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Old Tue Sep 21, 2010, 09:57am
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They do it in basketball before a free throw. I don't know in that case whether there's a point beyond which the time out call is not recognized.
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Old Tue Sep 21, 2010, 10:13am
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Ditto baseball and softball. Coaches and players don't CALL time out... they request it. Umpires call it. And a coach yelling time out while a pitcher was about to pitch might get ejected.

To me, this is not "part of the game".
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Old Tue Sep 21, 2010, 10:17am
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They do it in basketball before a free throw. I don't know in that case whether there's a point beyond which the time out call is not recognized.
On a free throw, while the official is holding the ball it is still a dead ball, and a timeout can be called by either team.

Once the ball is at the disposal of the shooter it is now technically a live ball and a timeout can not be called.
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Old Tue Sep 21, 2010, 10:33am
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Once the ball is at the disposal of the shooter it is now technically a live ball and a timeout can not be called.
Cannot be called by the team not in possession that is.
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Old Sun Sep 26, 2010, 07:46pm
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They do it in basketball before a free throw. I don't know in that case whether there's a point beyond which the time out call is not recognized.
This is something you won't see that often at the NBA level where one would rather save a timeout to advance the ball to the 28 foot mark. I can't even say Ive seen this used that often at the college/high school level.
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Old Mon Sep 27, 2010, 08:59am
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I'm all for closing the door on sideline timeouts once the center has hands on the football. (aka the snap is imminent.)
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Old Mon Sep 27, 2010, 10:33am
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I'm all for closing the door on sideline timeouts once the center has hands on the football. (aka the snap is imminent.)
Even when the play clock is reading 0:03 seconds and the offense knows they're not going to get the play off in time?

Even when the defense realizes they only have 10 players on the field?

Even when the has their punt return team on the field and sees that the offense is going to go for it on 4th and 1?
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Old Mon Sep 27, 2010, 12:45pm
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In my rules neither team would be allowed to call time out once the snapper had a hand on the ball or it was picked up for a free kick. It kills part of the element of surprise when a team is just allowed to call time out when they see something unexpected.
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