Intentional foul to end qtr

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by wyo96

I understand the rule on reaction time, just trying to make clear there was no time to put back.

I understand your point, but just to be clear, for the young'uns, there is no rule on reaction time (how can one understand a rule that doesn't exist).

There used to be a reaction (lag) time rule, but it went the way of the dinosaurs (I'm talking real dinosaurs, not a metaphor for Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.)

The new rule is about a improper stopping/starting, exact time, and definite information, not about lag time or reaction time.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I understand your point, but just to be clear, for the young'uns, there is no rule on reaction time (how can one understand a rule that doesn't exist).

There used to be a reaction (lag) time rule, but it went the way of the dinosaurs (I'm talking real dinosaurs, not a metaphor for Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.)

The new rule is about a improper stopping/starting, exact time, and definite information, not about lag time or reaction time.

There still is reaction time in the rules, just not lag time.

See 5-6-2 Exception 3. It basically describes reaction time. Whatever time it takes for the official to blow the whistle and then see the clock is the reaction time that the clock is allowed to run.

Lag time was a rule that allowed up to 1 full second to run off after the official saw the clock without being correctable.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

It basically describes reaction time. Whatever time it takes for the official to blow the whistle and then see the clock is the reaction time that the clock is allowed to run.

I see your point, but the new rule does not call something like this reaction time, it calls it improper stopping the clock or starting the clock (which certainly may involve reaction time, a button miss or switch slip, or a distracted timekeeper), or at worst, an actual mistake, or (gasp) cheating. In any case we're not allowing something like that, whatever we want to call it, to happen if we have definite information of the exact time.

The concept allowing one second of reaction time, and in fact, the actual phrase reaction time, is long gone. Let's put it to rest or risk confusing some officials, both rookies and veterans (old dog, new tricks).