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Originally posted by Nevadaref
As I've said, I agree that time should have expired. But should have and actually did are two different things. This situation reminds me of the Memphis/Sacramento NBA game a couple of weeks ago. Again the clock failed to start when it should have and a basket was scored to win the game. The officials went to the monitor, saw the clock error and said that they couldn't do anything about it. They could only judge whether or not the shot was released before the lights.
It's a bad rule and needs to be changed, but that the way it is.
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That is the NBA. I have no idea what the NBA uses for interpretations or the directives to follow their rules. I do not watch the NBA as much anymore, so I really do not care what the NBA does in their rules or situations like this.
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Originally posted by Nevadaref
And you lost me with the smoking gun. I don't care for Duke, they lost, and the basket was taken away from Michigan State. So what are you saying? I just feel that the rule wasn't followed properly. That's all.
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You are not going to find a line or phrase to your satisfaction. That is what I mean by smoking gun. I have attended NCAA Rules Clinic run by Hank Nichols and Marcy Weston. When this rule was put into place, this was not only the intent of the rule, but the correct application according to all the information given. The NCAA gives a complete workbook of situations and plays and explains in much greater detail than the NF how to apply specific rules and procedures. Unfortunately they do not create a casebook like the NF for the rest of the public to thumb through many guidelines. If these officials did not apply the rule properly then I am sure we would hear about it. Maybe this play will in the future become the example for one of the applications in the future. They did exactly according to what they were supposed to do.
Peace