Possible Discrepency - G17

[jacobhurwitz]

Originally Posted by AlexD744

but with the formula they have given, you would get four seconds less for each ball

I also can't open the DOGMA pdf, but I had a different interpretation of the formula. The key to understanding the formula is that T_expire and T_score represent times on the countdown clock.

Pretend you score a ball with 1 minute (60 seconds) left on the clock. If there are zero balls waiting to be returned to the field, then this ball must be returned before the clock reads 49 seconds left, because 60 - [11 + (4*0)] = 60 - 11 = 49. If there is already one ball waiting to be returned to the field, then the just-scored ball (now the second ball waiting to be returned to the field) must be returned before the clock reads 45 seconds left, because 60 - [11 + (4*1)] = 60 - 15 = 45. Thus, you have an extra 4 seconds to return this second ball because there's a backlog of balls waiting to be returned.