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No one is saying you're going to get fired for missing it by .3 seconds. You'd get fired for blatantly, purposefully, willfully, and brazenly ignoring the rules as written; which state clearly you can't put time on the clock if you don't know how much time to put on. You can justify this on whatever moral and/or civil rights grounds you want to; the fact is, you cannot do it by rule. When you disregard the rules, for whatever reason, and implement your own vision of what's fair, you make the game about you. And that is a disservice to the game.
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I certainly agree with the fact that if you blatantly disregard the rules you should be fired. Let me give you an example of blatantly disregarding the rules. I put 2 seconds back up on the clock after that last second foul/shot attempt. That's blatantly disregarding the rules. However, if I put .5 seconds up because I reason the game is not over. That is not a blatant disregard of the rule. Fact, my whistle blew before the game ended, fact, the game is not over, conclusion, put time, however much, less than a second back on the clock. Did i see how much time is on the clock, no, but I can count a second, even a half of a second in my head, so put .5 on the clock. Check with partners to see if they have definite knowledge of time. As a crew we get together and agree .5, then it’s point 5 period.
Is that a blatant disregard of the rule. No, it is not! If it makes you feel better I saw .5 on the clock. Am I putting my spin on it. Certainly. I was tasked to referee the game, so my spin on the game is already there before this event occurred. Am I making the game about me? Only if you have short-sided, little brand-size disease. Only rulebook robots who don’t have a clue what the hell they are doing, they are just doing it, would argue that it is about me. I made it about the game. Am I doing a disservice to the game. No, the Fed. Rulebook has done and continues to do more disservice to the game than I could ever do. True, the rules must be enforced as written. Also true, I have definite knowledge that the game is not over. Are my games going to be ref different than somebody else’s. No! If a crew decides the game is over on that last second foul, then by rule the game is over. If a crew decides the game is not over because they have definite knowledge, then the game is not over by the rule.
You know, I find it really interesting that you argue so hard for such mundane rules in the NFHS rulebook. Consider the fact that when the clock shows 00.0, is the game really over? No, because the horn hasn’t sounded. I want you to think about that a minute and relate that to my argument. The clock can show 00.0 and the game not be over. How the hell does that happen? How the hell do you administer that? Tell me, what can you legally do with 00.0 showing on the clock? Can you tap and score? If you say yes, then you don’t understand what you are enforcing. So, if I blow my whistle before the horn sounds, then am I so wrong to think that the game is not over? The Fed says the game is not over even when the clock shows 00.0, but what can you legally do with 0 time showing on the clock? When you argue that I blatantly disregarded the rule. What you’re actually trying to do is to make a criminal out of someone who cares for the game more than you do, which to me is a criminal act in itself. You just hate on me because i come at this game from a different prospective.
Try not to hurt yourself taking that apart gentlemen and ladies. I got work to do, I'll check back later....
