Interesting Situation...and unfortunate

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Maverick

Yup, 1.94 seconds when the official made a mistake by chopping the clock in prematurely. Just like BZ has been telling you for days. There was no timer error to correct. Now that we have that out of the way, hopefully, please cite a rule that says we can correct the official's mistake.

Lah me. [/B]

Yes, I agree. Everyone agrees that we knew the exact time before the play started. Everyone agrees that the official was at fault. Everyone agrees that it wasn't a timer's error because the timer responded to the official's signal. We've never disagreed on any of these points. The disagreement is whether an official's error can be corrected. As I've stated several times, 2-5-5 states that the referee can "correct obvious TIMING<\b> errors." It doesn't say "timer's" errors.

Now that I've stated my rule reference, can someone state their rule book reference that state's that an official's error can't be corrected? I concede the statement in the case book. However, it is being taken out of context. It is from a comment where the rest of the paragraph is talking about "lag" time. It is trying to illustrate that, even though the clock may be started or stopped properly, "lag" time may exist and itisn't to be considered a "timer's mistake" and, thus, can't be corrected. In addition, the comment is clarifying a situation that doesn't include an official's error. Furthermore, the Ruule that the case is referencing doesn't say anything about not being able to correct an official's error. If we couldn't correct an official's error, it would be stated in the rule book, not only in a comment in the case book. [/B][/QUOTE]Well, I was gonna write up a whole buncha things in rebuttal. But....you wouldn't understand them. Call it any way you want to.