Series of Articles on NFHS Proposals

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Pantherdreams

Seems like pretty standard fair nothing really earth shattering.

Checked out the breakdown of the costs for installing shot clocks. Based on personal experience and somle research. The costs in the linked article are inflated. Depending on what you want the clock to do and if you need it to interface with your current system are all factors in cost. In reality though the claim of 5,000 minimum cost is erroneous. You can get two portable/mountable clocks and the operating tablet/device that is wireless for anywhere from 800-1500. Most of the schools where we work have these sorts of devices and shot clocks. They aren't mounted on backboards/ tied into the scoreboard or connected to a jumbo tron or even hard wired in. They just hang them from the walls or roll them out at game times. Plug in the wireless consule next to the game clock and Bob's your uncle........

I would expect that the cheaper shot clocks are probably lacking in durability where the permanent install models are built like tanks, meant to last for a very long time. Aside from bulbs going out in older clocks/scoreboard, they tend to last for decades, reliably, even with some amount of abuse in the handling of the control unit. With portable units, I'd expect them to fail a long time before the permanent units, if only from the constant movement. So, while they may be cheaper at the start, the need for replacement would be sooner.