Game Scenario for Discussion

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Well said, APG.

Without trying to be too childish here...you (as the R on the game) are the new L and have taken your position on the endline following a timeout. The throwin is administered by the new T on the far endline. As the ball is being dribbled up the court, the T sounds his/her whistle and loudly calls out "The clock did not start, please take 2 seconds off the clock" and then, once the clock is adjusted, administers another throwin and away we go.

It appears APG and I would be fine with that (as I imagine most of us would). One poster would have us believe that the only way for this to be handled would be for the T and the L to come together and the T tell the R that the clock did not start properly and the the R go to the table and tell them to take 2 seconds off the clock and then everyone go back to their positions and then we can finally get the game going again.

As I said before, the block feature on Arbiter is a wonderful thing. I have absolutely no time nor desire to work with any partner who has that large of a stick up their rectum.

Stop being obtuse. It is obvious that your ego needs the R next to your name and that your feelings get hurt when you aren't assigned as such. Get over it and follow what the rules book tells you to do.
The rules state that the R corrects any timing errors, so give him the info and let him do so.
At the HS level the timers and scorers aren't always experienced and can easily get confused or intimidated by coaches or spectators into altering something or doing something which they shouldn't. For example, how many times have you seen a HS timer stop the clock on a made basket with only a few seconds remaining? We know that it shouldn't stop, but those TV-watching dad's are all yelling at them to stop the clock. How about the coach who tells them to change Joey's number from 20 to 30?

The fewer people to whom the timer and scorer need listen, the better.
I would much rather be able to tell these people before the game starts that if a problem arises, get my attention, and don't make any change in the time or score without talking to me first. If the officials want you to change something, I'll come over and let you know.
I believe that having a single person designated for this makes direction much clearer to the table crew and has the benefit of keeping the entire crew on the same page. And guess what?--That's how the rules are written.
The NFHS committee has years of experience and decades of trail and error have gone into the crafting of these rules. They have a purpose greater than your fragile ego and you don't know better than all of those people.