What is the correct procedure?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Yup, I mean the rule that states that you must have EXACT knowledge, not SOME of the knowledge. Are you really insisting that you might have 4 seconds for a backcourt count and then the team plays for 15-20 seconds in the frontcourt, you are now gonna blow your whistle and take 4 freaking seconds off the clock? Feel free to do that. I'd rupture something laughing if I tried that.

I'm feeling a bit lazy today, JR. But can you quote for me this rule that says we must have "exact" knowledge? I thought it said "definite" knowledge. I can have "definite" knowledge that 4 seconds have gone off, even if I know it was actually an indeterminately longer time.

"Exact" would be too high a standard to ever implement. Practice swinging all you want, but you'll never have a 5 second count that lasts "exactly" 5 seconds.