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Old Thu Oct 18, 2012, 12:07pm
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I have no idea if that is the official OHSAA interpretation. I know they have been told no running clock and that was voted on by principals and ADs. Not by coaches.
It is true that a running clock is NOT permissible. The Ohio interp states that the coaches may agree to shorten any period: we can play 2 or 6 or 9 minutes, for example, instead of 12.

I once shortened a fourth quarter to 30 seconds in a JV game on a hot day where 3 kids from the visiting team had already passed out from the heat. Ran one more play and went home. It was my first year, and I mistakenly thought that we could not terminate the game.
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Old Thu Oct 18, 2012, 12:18pm
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Did have a case last year where both sides agreed to a running clock as a response to an "emergency situation." Subvarsity game in November up in the mountains with the snow falling hard on a field with no lights. Played 10 minute stop clock quarters in the first half and then 10 minute quarters with a running clock in the second half.
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Old Thu Oct 18, 2012, 07:30pm
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It was my first year, and I mistakenly thought that we could not terminate the game.
You cannot terminate the game in this situation. It's up to the coaches.

They both have to agree. Once they do, then the officials should agree as well.
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Old Thu Oct 18, 2012, 07:59pm
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You cannot terminate the game in this situation. It's up to the coaches.

They both have to agree. Once they do, then the officials should agree as well.
But if they agree, does it bring down hell on both of them, as implied upthread? Or does that happen only if only one of them wants to end the game?
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Old Thu Oct 18, 2012, 08:56pm
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But if they agree, does it bring down hell on both of them, as implied upthread? Or does that happen only if only one of them wants to end the game?
Agreeing to end a game prematurely and forefeiting a game are two different animals.

Only one will have consequences.
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Old Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:24pm
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Agreeing to end a game prematurely and forefeiting a game are two different animals.

Only one will have consequences.
Then what about failure to play within two minutes after being ordered to do so by the referee, which accomplishes the same thing? Does that one have consequences or not?
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Old Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:32pm
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Then what about failure to play within two minutes after being ordered to do so by the referee, which accomplishes the same thing? Does that one have consequences or not?
Put it this way, anytime a team is forfeiting a game, for whatever reason, more likely than not, there will be consequences.
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Old Thu Oct 18, 2012, 11:03pm
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Put it this way, anytime a team is forfeiting a game, for whatever reason, more likely than not, there will be consequences.
But what if an asteroid strikes at the 50?
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