[JRutledge]

Usually one of the teams has called a timeout before it gets this far. Now since it is acceptable, the officials should be talking to each other and going over who has what and remind each other about paying closer attention to the clock. And ever since I used the "Precision Timing System" this year, I have been accustomed to looking at the clock to make sure it starts. So there should always be an official that is somewhat aware of if the clock starts or not, if you can. Most gyms have more than one clock, but not all of course. But these are things you might talk about during the pregame with your partners. It should never get to this point and this has not been dicussed. But things do happen. But I think that is not a good excuse in the end, because no matter what happens the officials will get blamed for the result. So you need to do what you can to avoid this situation without knowledge of the clock status.

Peace