Remote Control Scoreboards?

[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by BktBallRef

Your example is not what happened though, is it? The whistle sounded with less than a second remaining, and the clcok didn't stop.

I think that's the whole issue, here, Tony. What is the "clock"? Is it the time showing on the scoreboard, or is it the time showing on the timer's console?

I havent' seen one of these "remote control" clocks, (and I hope I never do), but it seems to me like the timer stopped the console with .2 left, but the scoreboard kept going for a while.

It's really no different from the officials blowing the whistle with 2 seconds left, the timer not stopping the clock, the horn sounding, the officials leaving, ... Here, they'd be brought back out to finish the last second.

I think they should do the same (well, with .2 seconds) in the case presented.

Of course, it could have been prevented if (a) they hadn't been in such a hurry to leave -- especially given the screwy clock arrangement and (b) the socroer / time had stood / shouted / ran on the court to get there attention.