Tennessee--Rutgers ending--Women's Game

[Rusty Gilbert]

It IS possible for the Precision Timing System to stop without blowing the whistle and without the timer stopping it. PTS sent out the following letter on Feb. 1:

February 1st, 2008

To all officials working games with Precision Timing:

We would like to remind them once again the importance of not talking to the players with the whistles in their mouths. Doing this will cause the clock to stop. The whistle may not make a sound but it is oscillating and therefore stopping the clock. The referees should hold the whistles in their hand when talking to the players. These inadvertent stops are very disruptive to the games and can be eliminated.

We have heard of a few instances of these stops over the course of this season and I think it might behoove us to remind the referees again of this simple bottom line - Don't talk to the players with the whistle in your mouth.

We are trying to be proactive with this memo. Thanks for your help. Don't hesitate to call if we can do anything for you.

Mike

Precision Time Systems
Michael Costabile
President
910-253-9850
910-253-8720 (fax)

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Rusty Gilbert

It IS possible for the Precision Timing System to stop without blowing the whistle and without the timer stopping it. PTS sent out the following letter on Feb. 1:

February 1st, 2008

To all officials working games with Precision Timing:

We would like to remind them once again the importance of not talking to the players with the whistles in their mouths. Doing this will cause the clock to stop. The whistle may not make a sound but it is oscillating and therefore stopping the clock. The referees should hold the whistles in their hand when talking to the players. These inadvertent stops are very disruptive to the games and can be eliminated.

We have heard of a few instances of these stops over the course of this season and I think it might behoove us to remind the referees again of this simple bottom line - Don't talk to the players with the whistle in your mouth.

We are trying to be proactive with this memo. Thanks for your help. Don't hesitate to call if we can do anything for you.

Mike

Precision Time Systems
Michael Costabile
President
910-253-9850
910-253-8720 (fax)

Interesting.

Does the Times know about this?