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Originally Posted by jpgc99
What is the point of a running clock if it stops for FT administration?
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Originally Posted by Adam
I wonder that every time I work a league with a running clock that stops on FTs. It's about as useless as a screen door on a battleship.
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The problem I've seen with a running clock and FTs is that a team can deliberately delay on the FT (both getting to their spots, which has no time requirement, or in shooting the FT) in order to get more time to run off.
That wouldn't be such a big deal when the running clock rules only kick in for blowout situations. However, for rec-league type games that are normally running clock through most of the game, I've seen teams game it at the ends of quarters or even at the end of a game before the stop clock in the last 1-2 minutes segment kicks in.