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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee
With the clock stopped, and the first touch inbounds is via an illegal act, most would agree that we do not start the clock. I think the opposite is true, that when the first touch inbounds is legal, we need to have a start,and then if necessary, a stop.
OTOH, we can argue that it takes 0.3s for possession to be gained. Possession and shot takes more than 0.3s. So, possession and TO could require 0.4s to come off the clock.
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JR,
So, you are saying that everytime a throw-in takes place in the last minute of a quarter in which the ball is thrown inbounds and the defender immediately knocks the ball out of bounds (into the hands of the thrower on down to the ground), you will take some amount of time off the clock in the event the clock never started? If so, how much time do you take off the clock in this case? The ball was LEGALLY touched in play by the defender in this case, correct?
By the way, I think it would be hard to prove that it takes a full 3/10s of a second to control the ball.
We are truly talking about a very small amount of time in the original post. Due to the reaction times of human beings (delay in starting, delay in stopping, delay in hearing the request for the tmeout, etc.), I maintain that any amount of time between 6/10s of a second and 0/10s of a second are POSSIBLE. The LEAST LIKELY acceptable time would be 0/10s knowing that the player controlled the ball immediately and the request was made immediately).
As has been pointed out, we really need to have DEFINITE KNOWLEDGE to put time back up on the clock. When we are dealing with fractions of a second, this is EXTREMELY difficult.
If we would have a set MINIMUM amount of time by rule for a control/timeout request to be made (similar to the MINIMUM of 4/10s of a second for a control/shoot), this situation could easily be determined. Without such a ruling, any option is possible when such a small sliver of time is being discussed.