Starting the clock mechanic

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Yes, if they do it "every time."

It's much the same as the IHSA emphasis on "preliminary signal at the spot of the foul on every foul."

If an official did not use a preliminary signal, it has nothing to do with college ball or at least the college ball I work. In the CCA Men's Manual we are instructed to give a preliminary signal at the spot of the foul. And most college games I see there is a preliminary signal given on practically every foul. If anything that is probably a Women's college thing or what goes on in the NBA. I think people who do not know think if you don't use a preliminary signal like they assume with other things there is some college mechanic that applies to what they see and it does not at least when it applies to the one you see on TV all the time.

Peace