2011-12 AND 2012-13 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RULES - NAIA

74
RULE 5 / SCORING AND TIMING REGULATIONS
for electronic-media timeouts (15-, 10- and 5- or 16-, 12-, 8- and 4-minute
marks), that timeout shall become an electronic-media timeout.
d. When a request has been made to shorten any timeout for a purpose other
than for substitution(s), a warning horn shall be sounded immediately and 15
seconds later another signal shall be sounded to resume play.
Art. 15. In games not involving the electronic-media timeout format, one 75-second
timeout or one 30-second timeout, when the 75-second timeouts have been used,
and in games involving the electronic-media timeout format either one 30-second or
60-second timeout shall be charged to the team making the appeal in Rule 5-10.5,
when no correction is made or when the time limit for correcting an error under Rule
2-12 has expired.
Art. 16. Cheerleaders and mascots are permitted on the playing court only during a full
timeout, an electronic-media timeout or an intermission.
Art. 17. Bands/amplified music are permitted to play or be played only during any
timeout or intermission.
Section 14. No Timeout Charged
Art. 1. No timeout shall be charged when:
a. In Rule 5-10.2.b, an injured player is ready to play immediately or is replaced.
b. (Men) The clock was stopped to remedy and a reasonable amount of time was
used to remedy a lost or displaced eyeglass or contact lens situation.
c. In a blood situation or (women) a situation involving a lost, displaced or
irritation from a contact lens, the condition is remedied within a 20-second time
period.
d. In Rule 5-10.5, the timeout is specifically requested for the purpose of
preventing or rectifying a correctable error or timing, scoring or an alternatingpossession
mistake, and such a mistake was prevented or rectified or when
the monitor review of the flagrant/technical fouls did not result in a foul being
charged.
1. When the time limit for correcting an error, a timing mistake, an
alternating-possession mistake or the charging of a flagrant/technical foul
has expired, a 75-second timeout or a 30-second timeout when a 75-second
timeout is not available shall be charged to the offending team in a game
not involving the electronic-media timeout format and either a 30-second
or 60-second timeout charged to the offending team in a game involving
the electronic-media timeout format.
Section 15. Excessive Timeout
Art. 1. Timeouts in excess of the allotted number may be requested and shall be
granted at the expense of an administrative technical foul charged to the offending
team for each taken and (women) loss of possession of the ball.
Art. 2. A 75-second timeout in games not involving the electronic-media timeout
format or a 30-second timeout in games involving the electronic-media timeout format
shall be charged to and may be used by the team requesting the granted excessive
timeout.