Dogfish44
You can call me Jiggly
My reading still holds - especially when you factor in that it is trying to force a cooldown on first action of the *next round*. That, to me, implies that if you're not in during that round then you don't suffer the penalty. Moreover, that wording is flawed (We already have counter-rulings from Deck that said that your own attacks, like U-Turn and Volt Switch have their switch effects nullified), which would explain the modified wording. We can also use that ruling mentioned prior to demonstrate at very least intent that if you were able to switch, you would evade cooldown.
Reference said:16:48:39 PM ~ <Destiny_Warrior> if a pokemon has NOT u-turned/vswitched
16:48:44 PM ~ <Destiny_Warrior> and it uses an a3 combo
16:48:53 PM ~ <Destiny_Warrior> can it initiate a switch phase next round?
16:48:56 PM ~ <Destiny_Warrior> (aka it is in cooldown)
16:49:10 PM ~ <~Deck_Knight> The cooldown must occur before it can switch
16:48:59 PM ~ <~Deck_Knight> No.
16:49:07 PM ~ <Destiny_Warrior> tanks deck
16:49:10 PM ~ <+dogfish44> And if it has U-Turned?
16:49:22 PM ~ <~Deck_Knight> U-turn's switch effect fails.