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Originally Posted by CMHCoachNRef
It is not a matter of staring at the basketball. The point is that in a 2-person game, if BOTH officials need to watch for the same thing to happen -- peripheral vision, walking-and-chewing-gum-at-the-same time, etc. not withstanding -- I believe (and, since the NFHS did NOT put the mechanic in the 2-person mechanics, they must agree) -- is overkill and increases the risk that an official will miss something significant. I don't consider myself to be particularly dense, but I do know that any additional activity will at least occasionally cause something to be missed.
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I don't see it as a particularly compelling argument, to be honest, but I don't see the T mirroring the chop to be particularly compelling in 3-person, either. The timer can start the clock on the touch on the floor and, in my experience, doesn't really look at the officials anyway.