The BIG CHOP

[Rich]

Originally Posted by grunewar

As I stated in a previous post, I saw a HS ESPN TV game last week where with 2.17 sec left in the game, a baseball pass by A1 traveled 3/4 the length of the court and was knocked/tipped OB by B1.

The clock didn't start.

The refs got together and adjusted the clock to 1.86.

They tried to take 0.3 off the clock and got the math wrong?

I'd be sorely tempted to take time off myself, gotta be honest.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Rich

I'd be sorely tempted to take time off myself, gotta be honest.

I understand and don't disagree in principle. But, how do you have definite knowledge of .3 secs?

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by grunewar

I understand and don't disagree in principle. But, how do you have definite knowledge of .3 secs?

The same way you have definite knowledge of 4 or 5 seconds. You can count it. Definite doesn't mean accurate or precise.

Of course, they may have just guessed, but it isn't impossible to have a count even on fractions of a second.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by grunewar

I understand and don't disagree in principle. But, how do you have definite knowledge of .3 secs?

The same way the interp from a couple of years ago allows you to "take off some time" if the throwin is caught and the clock started early.

[bigwhistle]

Originally Posted by Rich

They tried to take 0.3 off the clock and got the math wrong?

I'd be sorely tempted to take time off myself, gotta be honest.

It was not the math that was wrong. That gym does not allow the clock to be set to 10ths or 100ths. They knew what they wanted to take off and had the operator start and stop clock immediately. They took off .31 instead of .30. Looks like they actually did pretty darn good getting it close.