What would you do?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by chartrusepengui

First - I agree that with that amount of time left I am going to chop and count.

BUT - that said I understand what he is saying about the player movement and I guess the basis he might have used is that the Fed says you cannot catch and shoot with .3 sec or less - it has to be a tip. So, using that standard, if a player caught the ball it would have to be .4 and if they did any other motion it would be longer than that.

Not necessarily true. There is no way of knowing for sure how long a turn the right of left takes. What if the catch isn't clean, but a quick bobble or slip of the ball? Does an official have definite knowledge that the try can't count? Nope.

What if the clock had read 0.8, 1.4, or 2.6? How many dribbles and pivots is he going to allow before he declares time to have expired? Thinking in such a manner is dangerous as it can only lead to problems and wrong decisions.

Simply put his advocated criterion has no validity under NFHS rules and shouldn't be used.