time-out q -- ever happen to you

[hymie]

Rule 4-27 (Team Timeouts) includes this provision:

If a team has requested a team timeout and is ready to play in less than
one minute and 40 seconds, the official will so inform the opponents. Both
teams must then be ready to play in 20 seconds.

I am just curious as to whether anybody has ever had to enforce this provision. That is, has anybody ever told Team B that Team A (who called time-out) has finished and thus Team B has 20 seconds to play?

[LaxRef]

Rule 4-27 (Team Timeouts) includes this provision:



I am just curious as to whether anybody has ever had to enforce this provision. That is, has anybody ever told Team B that Team A (who called time-out) has finished and thus Team B has 20 seconds to play?

All the time! The coach won't tell you he's ready, he'll just send his team back onto the field. So, if Coach A calls a timeout, talks to his team for 10 seconds, and sends them back onto the field (at this point, probably 15 seconds have passed), you blow the whistle, click your timer, and yell, "Timer's on!" Both Teams must now be ready to play within 20 seconds or it's a delay of game.