Extend the Period?

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Originally posted by Ed Hickland
Question:

My umpire after the game questions extending the third period of an untimed down. He says that only applies to the second and fourth period.

What do you think, other than overly intent clock watching?

Obviously your umpire is wrong. The rule applies to all 4 periods, not just the 2nd and 4th. I bet you'll never ever blow the ready again with 26 seconds!

I had this play several weeks ago.

17 seconds reamining in the 3rd when I blow the ready whislte. A1 goes to the wing to get the play from the coach. He rushes back to the huddle. I tell him that he doesn't have to snap the ball but nodody listens to me.

Well, everything happens at once! False start, whistle and flag from the LJ, balled snapped, and the clock expires, all within one second of each other in the order that I just stated.

I have a dead ball foul, so we don't have an untimed down. There should be a second or so left on the clock, but I be damned if I'm going to the trouble of getting the timer to put one second on the clock, just so I can blow the whistle, wind it and have time expire anyway. We walk off the penalty. End of quarter! Would you have done anything differently?

BTW, the association observer, we don't use the term "evaluator," is at the game. After it's over, he asks me why we didn't have an untimed down. Sounds like the right man for the job, doesn't he?