Chop to start the game

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Mark,are you sure that the guys aren't giving you a double chop?First chop to start the game clock when the ball is first touched by,or touches,a player after the jump--and second chop to start the shot clock when the team first gains control?I can't believe that experienced guys(or gals)at this level don't know when to start the clock(s) properly.

I'm pretty sure there's no double chop. (The tap and control are sometimes so close together that it would look really weird.)

The one solution I thought of is that they were just chopping in the shot clock - for some reason they think the shot clock timer is dumber than the main clock operator.

BTW, the same thing happened tonight on a missed FT (as well as the initial jump) . . .