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Originally Posted by Ed Hickland
For the playoffs, the networks have a camera pointing directly at the game clock. If there are situations at the end of the half or the game where the clock is a factor it can be reviewed.
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TV has a camera pointing at the game clock on ALL televised games. Generally you have one on the scoreboard (including the clock) so you can confirm D&D, Yardline, score, TOs, etc., and one on the playclock (shot clock in basketball).
The score bug is nothing more than a computer that takes a feed from the scoreboard controller to generate the time. Guess what... computers sometimes fail.
I've worked TV for games (granted not NFL, but D1 FB, BB, soccer), and ALL have had a shot of the clocks.