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Originally Posted by sseltser
JR,
Let's say the official timer doesn't make an error.
He starts the clock when it is touched by the Memphis player.
He stops the clock when the whistle was blown (which happened before the OOB touch)
The officials can correct the timing mistake.
The manual timing can't go past the whistle because that would be the stopping point if there weren't an error.
I'm basically trying to figure out how the error correcting would be different than if there were no error.
Also, It is possible that the officials timed up to the point of the whistle. That could've been 1.1 secs. However, the rules don't support timing all the way to the touch out of bounds.
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The rules don't say that a TIMER'S error can be corrected. They say that a TIMING error can be corrected.
I think we can all agree that the clock should run until the ball touches something OOB. Therefore, when the clock doesn't run until it touches something OOB, it is a TIMING error and can be corrected using the monitor.