Kicking and clock

[frezer11]

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

The rule is still the same: the clock is supposed to start on a legal touch. NF 5-10-1 permits correction of an obvious mistake by the timer. Well, the timer made a mistake because the official made a mistake. The officials (should) know how much time was on the clock at the time of the throw-in so just put it back to 0:04.6.

With that much time, it would matter, but would you bother doing this with 4:34 left in 2nd quarter? It's the same ruling, and should be handled the same, but is it worth the time it takes to correct the error? (especially at a lower level game where you may have clock operators that do not know how)

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by frezer11

With that much time, it would matter, but would you bother doing this with 4:34 left in 2nd quarter? It's the same ruling, and should be handled the same, but is it worth the time it takes to correct the error? (especially at a lower level game where you may have clock operators that do not know how)

Probably not. Heck, if it was on and off quickly enough, the visible clock might not even change.

One option I've used is to tell the operator NOT to start the clock on the subsequent throw-in until I chop, and then delay the chop by a second or two if that's how much time ran off in error.

Where to draw the line (between 2Q 4:34 and 4Q 0:04.6) is part of game management.