Stopping the clock

[JMN]

Rock,

My point was that regardless of the fact that the player requested the time out with a fraction of a second left, the time out is not granted until the Ref blows his whistle and signals. We have all called numerous time outs and it's taken the clock 1-3 seconds to stop. The fact that the Ref happened to see some time on the clock when the player asked for the time out is not material to me. That is part of the game! But, your fabrication of putting 1 second on the clock or awarding A another play isn't right. No foundation!


I agree with you on the spike. No way he can snap and spike in a second.