Play The Whistle …

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Not always. Horn erroneously sounds for a substitute during a clock-running live ball in the first period. I'm waiting to see if the players can play through it. Sometimes they can. Sometime they can't.

If the horn goes off and there is no time on the clock (and the clock should have started), what are they playing through?

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Great point. Yes, I can deem the erroneous horn to have affected the play. Did it affect the play? That's the rub. Not sure here. Did the horn disrupt the play, or was it just a bad pass having nothing to do with the horn?

You don't have time on the clock. Where is the rub? What you going to wait until the play is over and then say the game is over?

Originally Posted by BillyMac

In this important situation, whether the players are affected by the erroneous horn, or not, I'm "killing" the play, even if my whistle is late.

Again, if they get the ball, the play is over. So not sure why this is so hard to figure out?

Peace