Time limit - -when does clock start running

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

Its not a secret, I use one of the countdown kitchen timers that the coaches can look at when they want to, announce when I start the clock, and usually announce when there is around 10 mins left. Most coaches around here are pretty familiar with how these exposure tournies go.

Then I don't understand your previous post.
bkbjones wrote...

Originally Posted by bkbjones

...If they have, say, a 1:20 time limit, interpreting that to mean 1:18 or anything else less than 1:20 is no less of a sin than, say, a supermarket checker or bank teller tapping the till. If you feel that you need to "interpret" 1:20 as something less, you're stealing from the players and stealing from the game. That is not my opinion; that is fact.

To which you resonded...

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

...No need to be anal about the clock morals there pal.

So, naturally, I assumed you considered "time expired" to mean "less than 2 minutes remain."

Is that not what you meant?

There is no connection, BTW, between keeping an accurate clock and keeping the game moving. Completely separate issues, and I agree some umpires (and some teams) are very bad at one, the other, or both.