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Old Wed Feb 16, 2011, 11:45pm
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Originally Posted by BktBallRef View Post
First, you're a timer, period. There's no such thing as a TK.

Second, it makes no difference, as the horn ends the period no matter how long it sounds.
Timekeeper means the same thing as timer. Unless I'm mistaken it's an older term that has previously been used.

Yes the horn ends the period, however I can see the reasoning for asking especially in noisy gyms where it might be hard to heard a short horn blast.
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