Pre-Game Clock Administration

[sportswriter]

Originally posted by Bawanna
The head coach however did not see it that way. He was upset with the way I handled it, bothering him with this detail prior to the start of the game.......I have never called this penalty and will not unless the time becomes flagerant, ie chain crew doesn't show up for 10 mins or something.

I can see why he might be upset. You gave him, what, half a minute of grace at the start?

Okay, so they finished seven seconds before zero. What would you have done if they went 3 seconds over?
12?
A minute?

Where do you draw the line? Moreover, if you say "I'm gonna penalize the coach if they run overtime," and _then_ say that you're not gonna flag it unless it's 10 minutes over, what's it going to be? If you say you're going to flag under condition (x) then you'd better flag when (x) is met, or people will be on your butt....