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Originally Posted by Hardwood
Team A is shooting a free throw with .6 seconds on the clock. Coach B tells me that when his team gains control, he wants a Time Out. A1 misses the attempt and B1 goes up and gains control with both hands as coach B is saying "time out, time out." I whistle and look up and .2 is showing. I put .6 back on the clock, thinking that touching, player control, and the request for the TO all happened at the same time. Correct?
Hardwood
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There's no rule that says time HAS to come off, and there's no rule that says time SHOULDN'T come off.
If you use logic though,
some time has to come off. In Padgett's thread, "Suggested Fed Rule Changes", I suggested a change that if the official deems that the TO request was made just as possession was made, a set amount of time comes off the clock: 0.3s (for those clocks that show tenths of a second).
I am 100% against putting 0.6 back on the clock.
Besides, the clock should be stopped when you give the stop the clock signal (and blow your whistle), not when the request was made.