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What is being lost here is just how often are we looking at the clock as we or are partner blows the whistle?
I think most of us will routinely glance at the clock after every whistle, but really how often are we looking directly at the clock during the whistle?
I'd say it would be extremely rare for an official to ever have definite knowledge of exactly 1 second of lag time running off, so in most cases we will be dealing with the sequence of whistle, then look and interpreted lag time with the time being put back up.
I'd like to see the rules reflect the reality of the situation, instead of adding the confusion of 1 second of lag time is allowed, because too many officials may think that means a second always needs to come off the clock.
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