They wait.

Wait, is that Lombardi time?

LOL! Not purposely.

I know one thing, it sure sucks to fight through traffic to make it to a site at 6 just to see the 5:40 left in the 1st Q...

You should be working behind my JV games. I've only had 3 games go to double bonus all year. (I will now be cursed with double overtimes for the rest of the season.)

Interesting. I wish they did that here. I can't tell you how many times I've walked into a varsity game half-way through the first quarter (to watch of course).

Sounds like an official who knows how to sort out incidental contact from illegal contact. I hope not, knock on wood!

I just pretend it's soccer. :D

Ok, then...Eastshire - you have a JV game assigned to you. The scheduled start time on your assignment is 6:00. You show up at 5:15, and see that there is a freshman game going on. That game goes into double bonus both ways in the third quarter, and does not end until 5:55...you then assess both JV teams with T's because they did not submit rosters at 5:50. Right? That's 10 min. before the scheduled start time...

Same here. The only time the varsity game doesn't start at the scheduled time is when the JV runs long. If it ends early, the V game waits.

I don't presume to speak for Eastshire, but here's my take. If the officials were told one starting time, then that time was bumped forward, the assumption is the coach was treated the same way. 8:10 starting time is understood. Everyone is there early, preparing in customary fashion. But, at 7:50 when time is put on the clock, for whatever reason, it is 10 minutes instead of 20.
Coach submits his roster, but now it's too late to correct.

Having said all that, isn't the mistake itself the important part? Book lists 2 players with number 22. Official checks the book at 12 minutes, but overlooks it. When it is discovered later, do you T for that or not?

We try to count the players after a timeout, but if we see 6 ten seconds later, somebody is still accountable.

I just might correct the timing error on the clock in that case. "Timer, set the clock to 10:30" :D
You check the source of the data. If provided correctly but copied in error, fix it with no penalty. If provided in error and copied correctly, fix it an penalize.

Right. The same as you would if the official never checked the book at all.

I agree. Here we also try to be a little proactive - the R goes to the table around 11:00. It gives us a chance to catch a potential problem and address it before we have to assess a T.

Any "out" is a good idea when it comes to starting a game with "T". In this case, you have a reason to challenge the time limit.... Use it and move on. No reason to start the game with an asterisk if you can.