Remember: Stay alive during end-of-game situations...

[Refsmitty]

If that happens and we know it... what do we do?

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by Refsmitty

If that happens and we know it... what do we do?

If you see it, blow the play dead immediately then have the timer reset the clock.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Refsmitty

If that happens and we know it... what do we do?

Fix it and resume play.

[KJUmp]

I thought in D1 that the clock was started by the wireless device that's on the officials waistband?

A mini-season ticket package (with seats near one of the end lines) gets me to several D1 games per year at a nearby A10 school. I've noticed how the official administering a throw-in is doing his five second count with one hand, while the other hand is on the device, and then have observed the "chop" and the flick of the device switch when the throw in has been legally touched in-bounds. So, I've always thought that the on floor officials were starting the clock.

Is that in fact the case?

Can someone fill me in as just how those devices work, and the whole clock starting procedure when those devices are being used in a game?

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by KJUmp

I thought in D1 that the clock was started by the wireless device that's on the officials waistband?

A mini-season ticket package (with seats near one of the end lines) gets me to several D1 games per year at a nearby A10 school. I've noticed how the official administering a throw-in is doing his five second count with one hand, while the other hand is on the device, and then have observed the "chop" and the flick of the device switch when the throw in has been legally touched in-bounds. So, I've always thought that the on floor officials were starting the clock.

Is that in fact the case?

Can someone fill me in as just how those devices work, and the whole clock starting procedure when those devices are being used in a game?

Not every conference uses the PTS.

I've never used it, so I can't explain any other intricacies of it that may impact a play like this, either.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by KJUmp

I thought in D1 that the clock was started by the wireless device that's on the officials waistband?

A mini-season ticket package (with seats near one of the end lines) gets me to several D1 games per year at a nearby A10 school. I've noticed how the official administering a throw-in is doing his five second count with one hand, while the other hand is on the device, and then have observed the "chop" and the flick of the device switch when the throw in has been legally touched in-bounds. So, I've always thought that the on floor officials were starting the clock.

Is that in fact the case?

Can someone fill me in as just how those devices work, and the whole clock starting procedure when those devices are being used in a game?

The timer is still supposed to start the clock. Us hitting the button on the PTS is more of a failsafe in case the timer falls asleep. The more important aspect of the PTS is that the clock stops when we blow our whistles.

There are lower level schools who also use the PTS. My last PTS game a player requested a time-out and I blew my whistle but then for some reason I reached for the button and pressed it which started the clock again.

[HawkeyeCubP]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

The timer is still supposed to start the clock. Us hitting the button on the PTS is more of a failsafe in case the timer falls asleep.

My limited experience is the reverse of this. The clock operator is the failsafe for the officials' pressing the PTS button on the pack. Especially important for close, end of game situations where teams may be delaying touching the throw-in to prevent the clock from starting. I don't want the table starting it when I'm 8 feet from the touch/no touch. - And that's covered in the locker room with the table crew.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP

My limited experience is the reverse of this. The clock operator is the failsafe for the officials' pressing the PTS button on the pack.

I have heard from clock operators as it being the same as BNR describes. I know at least one arena has it setup that the timer starts the clock but it will stop again if the official does not push the PTS button.