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Originally Posted by Rich Ives
It may keep them on time but if I'm on defense and up a run I'm stalling to get to the drop dead time before the other team can score.  |
Rich:
As already stated, teams (both offense and defense) will attempt to stall, but we as umpires can eliminate most of it by good game management.
It just my opinion that a time limit without a drop-dead requirement really isn't a time limit.
MTD, Sr.
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