End of game madness

[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by Jerry Blum
If I understand the way some on this board have interpreted this situation the lag time is actually the time that the official takes to blow the whistle, stop the clock and look at the clock so therefore when they see 3 seconds or .9 secs they have already incorporated the lag time. Therefore set the clock to the time that you have definite knowledge of.

I'm not arguing that "some on this board have interpreted" it this way. I will suggest that it's the wrong interpretation, though.

Assumption: The official blows the whistle and immediately / simultaneously looks at the clock.

Then -- if the timer stops the clock within 1 second, go with the timer. If the timer does not stop the clock within 1 second, go with what the official saw.