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Originally posted by Rick Durkee
Rule 5-7-4 reads "Once the ball becomes live in the extra period, it will be played even though a correction in the fourth quarter score is made." 6-1-1 states the the ball becomes live when "the tossed ball leaves the referee's hand(s)".
I bet this shouldn't be read literally. It must mean the score at the end of the fourth quarter. I can't imagine that it would only apply to a correction of a mistake that affects the score in of the fourth quarter.
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If the referee is doing his job correctly, this should never happen! 2-5-7 The referee shall check and approve the score at the end of each half. Pay close attention to those duties of the referee!
Now that being said, we also have another rule 2-11-11, which tells us, "A bookkeeping mistake may be corrected at any time until the referee approves the final score." So if there is a correction to the score that needs to be made either during or before the overtime, it can still be done.
As the rule Rick quoted tells you, once you start an extra period, you must finish it. However, if you correct the score before the ball becomes live to start the extra period, then you simply approve the final score and end the game.