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Elderly players and time clocks

Posted By: Steve Mellen
Date: Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:26 p.m.

In Response To: Elderly players and time clocks (Rich Munitz)

I'm not trying to suggest that it should never ever happen like you describe, but Marv's original post suggested one option would be to let it happen this way in the regular course of business. I think it's a very awkward situation when a player who is down to 1 minute or 5 minutes or whatever has to summon the director and ask for extra time in the middle of a match, and I think it should happen very very rarely if ever.

It's kind of the difference between applying for extra time on your final exams because you have a learning disability, and going up to the proctor with 5 minutes left saying you need extra time. Even if you have a totally legitimate reason, it's very hard to make a fair decision under those circumstances.

If we're talking about a scenario where a director watches the first game of a match and then announces he's going to grant some kind of adjustment to make the rest of the match fair, I'm not especially bothered by that. But the idea that your flag could be on the brink of falling and you could make some kind of appeal for extra time at that moment doesn't really seem to be in the spirit of competition.

Messages In This Thread

• Elderly players and time clocks
  Marv Porten -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 5:42 a.m.
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    garyo -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 6:54 a.m.
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      lenny -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 7:35 a.m.
    • Elderly players and time clocks
      Steve Mellen -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 4:42 p.m.
      • Elderly players and time clocks
        Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 5:06 p.m.
  • Elderly players and time clocks
    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:03 a.m.
    • Elderly players and time clocks
      Steve Mellen -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 4:48 p.m.
      • Elderly players and time clocks
        Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 6:36 p.m.
        • Elderly players and time clocks
          Stick -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 6:55 p.m.
        • Elderly players and time clocks
          Steve Mellen -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:26 p.m.
          • Elderly players and time clocks
            Stick -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:28 p.m.
            • Elderly players and time clocks
              Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 9:35 p.m.
              • Elderly players and time clocks
                David Rockwell -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 10:14 p.m.
              • Elderly players and time clocks
                Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 11:04 p.m.
                • Elderly players and time clocks
                  Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 11:46 p.m.
                  • Elderly players and time clocks
                    Stick -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 11:59 p.m.
                    • Elderly players and time clocks
                      Rich Munitz -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 12:16 a.m.
                  • Elderly players and time clocks
                    Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 12:38 a.m.
                    • Elderly players and time clocks
                      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 6:29 a.m.
  • Elderly players and time clocks
    Bob Koca -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 1:27 p.m.
    • Elderly players and time clocks
      Marv Porten -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 3:23 p.m.
      • Elderly players and time clocks
        Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 4:07 p.m.
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        Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 5:45 p.m.
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          Bob Koca -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 7:56 p.m.
          • Elderly players and time clocks
            Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:38 p.m.
            • Elderly players and time clocks
              Marv Porten -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 2:07 a.m.
              • Elderly players and time clocks
                Timothy Chow -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 3:53 a.m.
                • Elderly players and time clocks
                  joe freedman -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 11:17 a.m.
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                    Barry Silliman -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 7:37 p.m.
                    • Elderly players and time clocks
                      joe freedman -- Tuesday, 18 May 2010, at 2:18 a.m.
                      • Elderly players and time clocks
                        Steve Mellen -- Tuesday, 18 May 2010, at 3:07 a.m.
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        Tom Keith -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 7:45 p.m.
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          Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:19 p.m.
      • Elderly players and time clocks
        David Rockwell -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:18 p.m.
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    Tom Keith -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 2:06 p.m.
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      Casper van der Tak -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 2:28 p.m.
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        Bob Koca -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 4:11 p.m.
        • Physical disabilities
          Casper van der Tak -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 4:29 p.m.
    • Physical disabilities
      Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 4:26 p.m.
    • Physical disabilities
      Randy -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:08 p.m.
  • Elderly players and time clocks
    Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 4:41 p.m.
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    Jason Lee -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 7:09 p.m.
    • Elderly players and time clocks
      Stick -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 7:48 p.m.
      • Elderly players and time clocks
        Steve Mellen -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:12 p.m.
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          Stick -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:24 p.m.
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            Steve Mellen -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:31 p.m.
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          David Rockwell -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:30 p.m.
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            Steve Mellen -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:34 p.m.
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              David Rockwell -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 10:10 p.m.
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        Jason Lee -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 9:48 p.m.
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        joe freedman -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 12:18 a.m.
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          Bob Glass -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 8:54 p.m.
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      Chuck Bower -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 12:31 a.m.
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    joe freedman -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 12:29 a.m.
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    Bill Riles -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 6:18 p.m.
    • Elderly players and time clocks
      Barry Silliman -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 7:24 p.m.
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    mamabear -- Tuesday, 18 May 2010, at 6:14 p.m.
    • Elderly players and time clocks
      Stick -- Tuesday, 18 May 2010, at 6:56 p.m.
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        mamabear -- Tuesday, 18 May 2010, at 7:24 p.m.
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          Stick -- Tuesday, 18 May 2010, at 8:45 p.m.
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          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 19 May 2010, at 1:09 a.m.