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Originally posted by JMN
Rock,
My point was that regardless of the fact that the player requested the time out with a fraction of a second left, the time out is not granted until the Ref blows his whistle and signals. We have all called numerous time outs and it's taken the clock 1-3 seconds to stop. The fact that the Ref happened to see some time on the clock when the player asked for the time out is not material to me. That is part of the game! But, your fabrication of putting 1 second on the clock or awarding A another play isn't right. No foundation!
I agree with you on the spike. No way he can snap and spike in a second.
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Thats your call JMN. My call is A gets another play because I saw A signal for time out with time remaining. I keep the official time in my games and I always stop the clock THEN blow my whistle and signal time out. When seconds become critical, why cheat the team out of valuable seconds just so you can blow your whistle and give a signal. If you're not holding the clock, then you should have your whistle in your mouth anticipating the time out request. You're killing the team if you're not in position to grant their time out as soon as they request it.
A quickly requests time out. JMN acknowledges the time out request and it is valid--JMN then puts his whistle in his mouth, blows it, and waves his arms, then the clock stops. A just lost 2 seconds. Probably OK in the normal course of the game but not when theres 10 seconds or less remaining in a close game.