Thread: Ending the Half
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Old Sun Jul 26, 2009, 10:02am
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Originally Posted by KWH View Post
Huh?
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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman View Post
If the contract expires at midnight and they want to extend negotiations, they pretend it hasn't expired yet and say they've stopped the clock in the negotiating room.

It would seem that stopping at :01 would satisfy the desideratum of not making it appear the period has ended while also not creating an artifact of providing extra time for more plays to be run.

Robert
Huh?
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