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Originally posted by RookieDude
I have however, heard some on this Forum say that with the lag time of 1 second you would subtract that from what you saw on the clock...therefore you would have put up only 2 seconds on the clock with that reasoning.
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Nope, not true. In this case, the official had definite knowledge of what the time was. This is not a normal lag time situation but rather a case where the timer failed to stop the clock at all.
5.10.1 SITUATION B:
A1 travels. Immediately after the official sounds the whistle and signals the clock to stop, he/she glances at the clock and notices there are three seconds remaining in the quarter. However, the timer does not stop the clock and time expires.
Ruling: The referee will direct that three seconds be put back on the clock
since he/she had definite knowledge of the amount of time involved.
Comment: Timing mistakes which may be corrected are limited to those which result from the timer' s neglect to stop or start the clock as specified by the rules. The rules do not permit the referee to correct situations resulting in normal reaction time of the timer which results in a "lag" in stopping the clock. By interpretation, "lag or reaction" time is limited to one second when the official' s signal is heard and/or seen clearly.
One second or the "reaction" time is interpreted to have elapsed from the time the signal was made until the official glanced at the clock. The additional three seconds which subsequently ran off the clock is considered a timing mistake.
In our play, Rich saw 3 seconds on the clock, so he correctly put 3 seconds back on it.