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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
The reason it is an issue is because you need to know when the ball became dead to know how much time to take off. It becomes dead either when it touches OOB or when the whistle blew...whichever came first....even if the whistle was in error. There is no dispute that some correction was needed...the clock never started.
By taking 1.1 off the clock, that means they timed from the touch to when it actually hit something OOB since there is no way that it took 1.1 seconds from the hand to the floor....that was far less than 1 second.
So, If an official blew the whistle when it hit the floor, that could have only been for a perceived violation; and, while the violation can be rescinded as an inadvertent whistle, it can't be ignored for the purposes of correcting the clock....the ball is dead on the whistle.
IIRC, the official did point at the spot on the floor where it bounced and did appear to call a violation at that time. If not and the first point it touched OOB was later, why was he signally something when the ball had not yet touched OOB.
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But he did not blow his whistle when the ball hit the floor. So that only becomes an issue for those that have not seen the tape on youtube.com.
My point is you are reaching for something to complain about if that is your point of view. And if there were no tenths of a second on the clock, no one would say a word about this if you ask me.
Peace