New Rules 2026-2027

[Stat-Man]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I have always considered a silent (non-visible) "countdown" clock in my head to be definite knowledge.

If I was trusted to do it correctly for every three second count and violation that I've ever called in the past forty-five years, then I should be trusted to do it correctly at other times that may need it.

I'm not guessing, I'm not estimating, I'm actually counting.

That's got to a definite knowledge.

I probably should have been more careful with my words: I used a visible count this past season when I was aware of timing issues that couldn't be immediately resolved (even if my visible count was done silently ). A silent non-visible count sounds like a good idea in practice, but with the potential to cause more issues than it solves in practice. A visible yet discrete count seems better and I can use that to sell coaches on my using it as definite knowledge of a time adjustment.

I'll be interested to see what my association officers and the state indivisual in charge of basketball have to say about this particular change