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I am going to chime in here...
1) As I have heard from several referees, this is the ONLY PLAY IN TOWN. repeat ONLY! Of all the plays in the game this is the one that has to be right. if you dont get it right, everybody and their dog with a video tape will complain and they will be right. Unfortunately no matter how hard we quote the rule book and attempt to justify that the ruling is wrong, the ruling is exactly right.
The ball is shot, the whistle blew, The clock did not stop on the whistle (this is no different than any other paly where the clock does not stop on a foul or violation)The horn going off , in my mind, is irrelevant.
We have got to get this play right. If I am on this floor, I think I would be blowing the whistle and making sure I pick up the clock.
2) No where in the rule book does it state that definite knowledge means staring at the clock. You have other senses you can use. I can tell yo that I had definite knowledge that the whistle blew before the clock, I know plenty of officials that can differentiate between 1 second and 1 tenth and most places in between.
3) Long before the use of video at the sideline the NBA has set the precedent and used this for years. No matter what you think of the league, when NFHS or NCAA follows something that NBA has used for years, we end up using thier interpretations because they have been thru it. NFHS has not had an original thought (except for maybe the fashion police crap) on a basketball rule for years. NFHS is always the last one to adopt changes in rules that have trickled down...
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