Notes from a recent ref clinic

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

...Assuming it is true, it would seem they want to establish an upper limit to eliminate pure stall games where teams try to hold the ball for 2, 3, 4, or even more minutes. It wouldn't be so much about increasing the pace of play in the average game as the NBA and NCAA wish to do but prevent the nearly complete cessation of play in the few games that suffer from such play styles.

I still contend this is a solution in search of a problem. How many of these games have any of us encountered? I have seen it maybe twice in 15 years. Where is it occurring in such great numbers that a major national rule change has to be implemented?