Clock Operators
Everyone knows that in the final minute of the second half that a made field goal in the NCAA stops the game clock, it has been that way for twenty years. But seemingly in every game the clock operators fail to stop the clock immediately in the final minute following a field goal. For example, in Friday's Yale/UCONN game, a last second field goal occurred, the clock ran for an extra 1.6 seconds following the goal at 1.8 seconds. I didn't realize it was that difficult to push a button. This necessitates a courtside monitor review, delaying the game. We see this every year in the NCAA tournament. You rarely see this with NBA clock operators. Why does the NCAA and individual conferences have such a difficult time evaluating clock operators?
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By the way, I'm a UConn fan. The clock is not the reason they lost that game. |
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I think this, and other things, go by the old saying "error on the side of caution". Especially when it can fixed later.
It may be annoying for the viewer, but the bottom line is getting things right, and that's what happens. Hell, if having to wait a minute to get things right were such a big deal, then instant replay wouldn't be in football or baseball. |
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Part of this is the replay rules for each respective code...
NCAA allows the officials to go back and put time on the clock...so you're going to have reviews to put back .1 or .2 or whatever on the clock. NBA rules do not allow the officials to use replay to put back time on the clock in this situation unless the clock goes to 0.0. As such, there are probably situations where time would be put back on the clock in NBA games. |
Sorry to hijack
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ROFLMTO! MTD, Sr. |
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As my college team's student manager, we participated in a local junior college's summer league one year because our coach knew the junior college's newly-named coach very well. However, they only had a timer for one of the two courts, so I ended up having to run the scoreboard whenever we played on the second court. Their particular model did not have the usual start/stop switch or buttons. Instead, it had a switch that moved back to its lower position whenever one started or stopped the clock. many times, I thought I had started the clock only to see it not moving or vice versa. (In one of our games, the clock wasn't running for well over a minute before anyone noticed, and we ended up losing that scrimmage on a buzzer-beating layup at the end.) Having user-friendly equipment, especially at the higher levels, is tantamount. Properly-trained game crew also helps. |
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