Clock reads 0:00

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Even though its clear that I'm in favor of using the console, I have thought of one opposing point.....

Lag time.

It's safe to say that early stoppage is exceedingly rare. However, delayed stoppage does happen....and is fairly common when we're talking about parts of a second. Without having tenths on the display, no official will, when the time is under 1 second, be able to confirm that the clock actually stopped on the whistle or what time should be on the clock.

Given that, an argument could be made that the precision of the time on console can't be confirmed....that even though it may say 0.2 seconds, it should have stopped at 0.6. If that is taken into account, the claim could be made that the human factor should exist throughout....that the re-starting of the clock and the release of the shot should all be based on human factors (with the inherent lags and judgment) rather than the specific time shown on the console.

Cool - can you write that all out so it can put into a case play?

While I don't disagree with your premise of a potential problem, I don't see how that prevents us from using the display, by rule. Wouldn't we have that same problem in the rare case where the clock and displays don't work, and we are going by the timer using a stopwatch at the table?