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While I agree that the refs are way too lenient in granting timeouts to out of control diving, flying, spelunking, gliding, and whatever else players on their way out of bounds are doing, I think that your proposed rule changes for timeouts go too far. You often, and rightfully so, question clock management and time out management in other sports,notably football, so why now advocate penalizing a coach and team for using timeouts well, ie, having a few left to save a possession when a player is trapped near the end of a tight ballgame? It's a not a free pass, it does cost a timeout, so the defense is rewarded to an extent. So, while I like your idea of a player having to be in control of the ball with one foot on the floor to call a T/O, let's leave it at that.
