Foul then Buzzer then shot - Interesting brand new ruling

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by zakman2005000

If there is an obvious gap between the whistle for the foul and the horn, then yes, we can consider that a timer's mistake and put time back on the clock and we could count the subsequent release and goal....because the clock SHOULD have stopped, which means we never would have had a horn to make the ball dead. Make sense?

It only makes sense if you know exactly how much time to put back on the clock (said he, continuing to beat a dead horse).

I guess we'll find out which way to go next year.

Thanks Zak.

[FishinRef]

I would love to see ANY official with a digital stop watch, make the clock stop on an exact tenth increment every time. I dare you to try. Everybody is requiring the “knowledge of the exact time of the violation prior to the horn” in order to put time back on the clock. When we are talking about tenths of a second increments, aren’t we really making an educated guess EVERY time we put time back on the clock?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by FishinRef

Everybody is requiring the “knowledge of the exact time of the violation prior to the horn” in order to put time back on the clock. When we are talking about tenths of a second increments, aren’t we really making an educated guess EVERY time we put time back on the clock?

"Everybody" is the NFHS rulesmakers. Not the posters in this thread. You knew that, right?

No educated guesses are allowed. You can put the exact time that the official observed on the clock when he looked at it back on the clock- in tenths of seconds. If the official isn't looking at the clock, an official's count or some other official information is needed before you can adjust the clock.

If you didn't look at the clock, or if you didn't have an official's count going or some other kind of official information available to you, you can't adjust the clock. Dem's the rules.