No shot < .7 sec -- Anyone heard a rule like this?

[williebfree]

Originally posted by just another ref
This is another rule that will set the crowd on fire. I think that it would be as bad as backcourt except that it doesn't come up as often. Often a player will catch and shoot with .2 or .3 on the clock and clearly get the shot away before the buzzer (the old human lag-time thing, or whatever you want to call it) and we, meanwhile, have started to wave it off as soon as the catch is made. Then you can just smile and listen to the rude comment from the fans.

Had this exact scenario last Friday Night.... Home team down by two with .3 sec and the inbound pass from their baseline. A2 catches the pass while airborne, double-clutched the ball, (I am whistling it dead) regains control and shoots in the three before he hits the floor. Buzzer finally sounds. Because of the .3 sec rule, the home-court timer could not help (cheat for) this team.

Game over. Needless to say, I was not a popular guy.

[Bobby]

What will challenge the .3 rule in the future will probably be the use of a timing system where the official, not the timekeeper, takes control of starting the clock.

[BktBallRef]

Originally posted by Bobby
What will challenge the .3 rule in the future will probably be the use of a timing system where the official, not the timekeeper, takes control of starting the clock.

Not really. The issue is that, in high school, you can't have a catch and shoot in .3 seconds. It doesn't matter who starts the clock.