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[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.