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Old Mon Dec 21, 2009, 12:47pm
tjones1 tjones1 is offline
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Originally Posted by Anchor View Post
To catch the ball requires .3 seconds. That is definite knowledge. If it is caught in bounds reset the clock so that it reflects the loss of .3 seconds. If it is merely tapped, reset reflecting .2 or less. That some time has expired is definite knowledge, and the minimum amount is definite knowledge. Worse case scenario somebody loses a 10th of a second. In anybody's book the tenth is a negligible amount.
What's the difference if it was caught or tapped? The clock should have started as soon as the ball was touched. In both situations, I would say you take the same amount of time off the clock regardless if it was caught or tapped.
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