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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
I know that's the case. But, why is the procedure different in (a) than in (b)? In both cases, you (presumably) know how much time was on the clock at the start, so you can make the correct adjustment when the error was discovered.
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If they were the same, what should happen if the time that had elapsed was longer than the number minutes that should have been in OT? Do you go back and figure out who was ahead the time it should have ended? Do you just declare the game over when discovered? Neither of those are likely to be the "right" way to fix this error.
Each team should have the benefit/burden of strategically playing from 4:00 on the clock, not starting with 8:00 (most likely of errors) and suddenly jumping to 0:30 after 3:30 had elapsed and someone realized this OT was taking a long time...changing their entire stragegy.