[EricH]

Folks, you may wish to reference the DOGMA document located at http://usfirst.org/uploadedFiles/Com...sets/DOGMA.pdf

Texpire is calculated once per ball; the next ball in gets a new Texpire flag set. If the timer gets to a flag, a penalty is assessed. The first ball onto the return clears the next flag in the software.

Seeing as the field timer can never get to -6 seconds, I would say that anything coming in in the last 11 seconds doesn't have to be returned to the field (though I'm sure field reset would appreciate having all the balls on the field instead of in the player stations).