When to wind the clock?

[chseagle]

Rich,

What I was meaning was, before the game, show that an iPod with basic apps was being used as a timing device for TOs, or as a backup for equipment malfunctions.

All the rules state under Timer Equipment is: 2-12-3

"Be provided with a clock to be used for timing quarters, extra periods & intermissions, and a stopwatch for timing time-outs. The clock shall be operated by the official timer. The clock & a stopwatch shall be placed so
that they may be seen by the timer. The clock shall be started or stopped as
prescribed in Rule 5-8 and 5-9."

It does not specify that the stopwatch has to be JUST a stopwatch. Majority of the time the table is set up with all the equipment in advance of the floor officials arriving, & unknown about by the floor officials until the item is being used during the game. In the event of equipment malfunction where an iPod has to be used either as a game clock or shot clock it should not matter what is being used as a timing device, nor should it matter if that was the only option available if no other timing device was presented for use.

A person needs to be flexible to allow for different personal preferences. What would happen if you were to work in a gym where the timer (personal preference) used nothing but an iPod/iPhone as a timing device for TOs & did not want to use anything else due to the ease of use & familiarity of it?

Not always is there going to be additional personnel available that are trained/knowledgeable that can replace the person in question. Nor is there always going to be alternate equipment available.

If the floor officials ask/request that no electronic devices are to be at the table, some would see that as nothing should be at the table that uses digital readouts/batteries/plugged in.

Where you seem to have an issue is the thinking that just because it's an iPod it's going to be used as a distraction because of what it is. I used to have the same thought about the iPod, however now I see it as an electronic version of a Swiss Army Knife cause of all it's capabilities (Calculator, clock, stopwatch, timer, & music player). I, however, know there's a time & a place to use specific functions as at least I have learned to realize that there is a time & a place for everything.

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I don't think you get it. If I request that all iPod/electronics disappear and I see one after that, I'm having you replaced. End of story.

Most table people are polite and are there to do a professional job. Those people, I don't care if they use a stopwatch, iPod or count 1-Mississippi, 2-Mississippi during timeouts. Hell, an AD played the anthem from an iTouch last weekend. I thought that was cool, actually.