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Old Wed Sep 03, 2003, 07:55am
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Originally posted by lawref
The Referee has the authority to start the clock on the ready in this situation if he determines the act was done by the ball carrier as a means to conserve time or make a travesty of the game. I would probably start the clock on the ready in this situation.
It is just as legal for a player to throw a backwards pass out of bounds as it is for a player to run backwards out of bounds.

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