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Another way of putting this is that when game times were set to 90 minutes it was with natural stoppages in mind. If they wanted to have 90 minutes of ball in play they would have set game time to well over two hours. So the problem is not that we are not getting 90, or 80, 70 or whatever minutes of ball in play. The problem is that there is a big difference of ball in play time in different games.
Stop clock is good to get consistency around play time in top levels where additional officials can be appointed as timekeepers. Only an official should be allowed to Start and stop the clock. And this shouldn't the the centre referee as it is distracting to his other duties. However at levels where a timekeeper can't be appointed (like grassroots) buffer time to be allocated. For example 60 minutes with stop clock and 90 minutes without. This concept is already in practice in other sports.
Stop clock is good to get consistency around play time in top levels where additional officials can be appointed as timekeepers. Only an official should be allowed to Start and stop the clock. And this shouldn't the the centre referee as it is distracting to his other duties. However at levels where a timekeeper can't be appointed (like grassroots) buffer time to be allocated. For example 60 minutes with stop clock and 90 minutes without. This concept is already in practice in other sports.