Play clock countdown timeout

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

Maybe, maybe not. But even if it is foolish and totally unnecessary, who are we to keep coaches from doing it, if they wish?

"We" will very likely (almost guaranteed) be the target of any, and all, criticism and/or abuse that may result from trying to unnecessarily cut a line WAY too close, if things don't work out as expected. If you're willing to accept that risk, knock yourself out.

You might consider suggesting, "Let's stop it at 3 seconds to give the clock operator an opportunity to respond to my signal and avoid a lot of unnecessary confusion and problems"

[jTheUmp]

(on the Microphone, if applicable): "Prior to the playclock running out, a timeout was called by $TEAM_NAME. This is their First/Second/Third charged timeout."

If no mike: "Coach, the $TEAM_NAME coach/player called timeout just before the play clock expired".

Not hard at all. Happens all the time when a team is trying to take as much time off the clock as they can in the waning moments of a game, or if they call a timeout just prior to getting a DOG penalty.