Mechanic: Clock Didn't Start

[blindzebra]

Originally posted by Ron
Jurassic, just to complicate matters further.....let's say that Team A trails by 2 points with 2 seconds to play. They inbound the ball, make a few passes, then hoist up a 3 that goes in. The problem.....the clock didn't start, and neither official had the prescence of mind to notice the clock. But......the inbounds pass, and the passes, and the release of the shot clearly took longer than 2 seconds to complete. Does your opinion remain that the officials can't declare the shot "no good" and the game over, because neither official had kept a mental count?

As for Deb S.......she quit officiating early last fall. So, the career.....not so good.

As I said before, anytime I'm in that situation I have a count going EVEN if I don't have a 5 or 10 second count situation happening.

I do this for two reasons. First to avoid being surprised by the horn. I want to anticipate it going off. Second to avoid a timer's error like the one you put forth.