Yappi
Go Buckeyes
I love watching football. The only reason that football has a play clock is that it forces action every 40 seconds. Teams cannot hold the ball while the defense is helpless to take the ball away.The point of a shot clock is that both teams have an equal amount of time to generate offense (or defense). It has nothing to do with how quickly you shoot. It creates a uniform and consistent pace and flow for the game. Again, that's the POINT of a shot clock that you continue to ignore and push aside.
With that said, Time of Possession is a huge metric in the sport. The team that holds the ball the longest, wins more often than not. The offense can hold the ball the entire quarter. There are no guarantees of an equal amount of time to generate offense. The offense can hold the ball indefinitely until the end of each half. In theory, with a successful onside kick, one team may never get their offense on the field.
There is a reason that we see grind-it-out offenses in football that use every possible second and at the opposite end, high-flying offenses that score as fast as they can. It works great in football. Right now, it works great in basketball. Sadly, we may lose this because some people want a shot clock to equalize time of possession even if the defense does nothing.