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Originally Posted by RichMSN
Not trying to be argumentative, but WHY are they important? Saying it is cause someone says it is doesn't do much for me, really.
Most officials in our area simply point on out-of-bounds calls. Doesn't the whistle stop the clock?
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Because it slows you down. If officials at all levels of high school just pointed, they might point the wrong way. That does not mean that you could not disagree with that, but I think at the high school level (and even the college level) we should use the stop clock signals. I guess on out of bounds call usually does not cause a problem, but it can. I have seen people using the stop clock signal not pay attention on point the wrong way while the other partner signals the other way.
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