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Originally Posted by Old School
Well, if you're a candy a$$ bookworm official, you could say that nothing illegal or timer mistake has happen and the game is over. However, my point is, even before the rule change, if there is .9 or .09 seconds left and I blow the whistle and observed time remaining and the clock goes to 0. Yes, there is a lag time of one second but I could always put the .9 back on. Definite knowledge. This is where your arguement is wrong. You assume that the rule change last year gave us the ability to now do this. Well, again you are wrong. We could always do this, lag time or not. The rule change this past season was moot to me.
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It was moot to you because you didn't damnwell know or understand the old rule either. You sureashell couldn't put 0.9 seconds back on the clock. The timer was allowed 1 full second of normal reaction time to stop the clock. That means that the candy-azz bookworm officials would be right in calling the game over, but recleague morons who don't own rule books or understand the rules would put 0.9 seconds back up on the clock.
Here's 2 excerpts from the 2005-06 case book re: the old rule;
1) Casebook play 5.10.1SitB-COMMENT--
"Timing mistakes which may be corrected are limited to those that result from the timer's neglect to start or stop the clock as specified by the rules. The rules do NOT permit the referee to correct situations resulting in normal reaction time of the timer which results in a "lag" in stopping the clock. By interpretation, "lag or reaction" time is limited to one second when the official's signal was heard and/or seen clearly.
2) Casebook play 5.10.1SitD(b)--
"As the official calls a three-second lane violation, he/she properly sounds the whistle and gives the signal to stop the clock. While doing so, the official is able to see the EXACT time remaining in the fourth quarter. The clock shows 5 seconds remaining. The timer stops the clock at 4 seconds.
RULING: There has been no obvious timing mistake. The timer should be able to react and stop the clock in one second when the whistle is heard and/or the signal is seen.
-Iow, 4 seconds stays up on the clock.
You don't know the old rules. You don't know the new rules. Why post?
