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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
I personally think that we need to be as accurate as possible with the clock. I don't think it is fair/accurate if the clock should be stopped, we know when it should be stopped, but it isn't.
Take an example: very close game in final seconds. B leads by one point, and A has the ball, holding for a last second shot. B tips the ball OOB at 2 seconds, but the switch malfunctions and the horn sounds. In this scenario, even though everyone saw the clock at 2 (all three officials, both timers (yeah, right!), both scorers, even the coaches and fans agree) it can only be reset to 1 second. I don't think that a second should be lost because of timer/official/equipment error.
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Two things:
1- Everyone does not take as much pride and does not run the clock as well as you do. But even on your very best night, you're not going to be on the money every single time. You can't possibly stop the clock on the exact tenth that the official blows the whistle. Even if you could, not all schools have a clock that shows tenths. That's the other reason the lag time is 1 second. In the absence of precision timing, there has to be an allowance for reaction time.
2- In your example, the official could reset the clock to 2 seconds since it was a timing error.
Here's a similiar case book play.
5.10.1B. Play: 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.
[Edited by BktBallRef on Jan 1st, 2001 at 06:32 PM]