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Originally posted by Just Curious
Early in the 4th quarter, scorekeeper fails to put 1 point up on the scoreboard for Team A, but it is entered correctly in the book. Contest ends in a tie... Overtime begins.... Extra point is recognized 1 minute into the overtime period..... Solution: Add the point to Team A's score and complete the overtime.
The real question is..... After legal play has ended (Horn at the end of the 4th period), up to what time can the extra point be discovered and counted to give Team A the win and not go into the overtime?
Would it be up to the "tip" to start the overtime period??
Thanks!
jc
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There's something wrong with your scenario. It doesn't matter whether the point is put on the scoreboard or not. It only matters that the point is counted correctly in the book.
When you say there is a tie, do you mean the score book shows a tie or the scoreboard shows a tie? If the scoreboard shows a tie, which is not what we should be going by, we shouldn't start the overtime. Team A has actually won the game. What we're talking about here is a situation where there wasn't a mistake in the book. The mistake is on the scoreboard and in starting the overtime.
With this in mind, that there wasn't a mistake in the book, would we still complete the overtime?