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Originally posted by BktBallRef
The clock on the wall indicated 0:00. But the console backs up and puts time on the clock. If that's true, then, yes, time has been put back on the clock. Precision Time doesn't reset the game clock. It simply stops the clock when the whistle is blown.
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By Precision Timing, I meant a variation of the system that was not hooked up to the main clock, but where the timer could look and see (on an independent clock) when the whistle was blown. Bad example on my part.
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No, it didn't. The horn sounded and the clock was on 0:00. What is on the console at the table doesn't mean "didley". Most schools don't even have a display at the table. The clock that's mounted on the wall is the official time piece.
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Two problems with this. First,
every clock that I have seen has a display at the operator's console which shows the time. Second, what rule reference automatically makes the wall clock the official one? 2-4-2 gives the ref the authority to chose whatever clock he wants.
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Where did this "2 seconds ran off the clock and they should have waited 3" stuff come from? In the original post, the whistle blew with less than one second remaining and the horn sounded. You're adding things to this sitch that have no basis.
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The 2 seconds came directly from the original post:
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If the timer stops the clock on the whistle, the clock might run for two or more seconds but will re-wind back to what the clock was on when the timer hit the switch.
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The officials knew throughout the game that this problem occured. At the end, they should have waited 2 seconds to see if the clock had actually stopped. (I put 3 to have a bit of leeway.