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Originally posted by tball
I've been reading these bb and fb forums for 2 years and now i have a situation that I'd like to share. This situation occurred in a varsity HS game last friday. Looking for comments on how to handle-
1st and goal-A ball on B 9 yard line. Team A throws quick out to receiver A2. A2 catches ball w/ knees on goal line inbounds, ball does not cross the plane of goal line. Player A2 then fall out of bounds after catch.
Team A did not call time out, no official killed the clock. The timeskeeper, thinking the ball was in the end zone or out of bounds, stopped the clock w/ two seconds.
How would you proceed?
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The Canadian Amateur Ruling:
Under 3 minutes in each half, the clock is stopped after every play. In your play, the ball is dead when the receiver caught the ball with his knees on the ground. At this point, the clock should have been stopped. The clock will start again on the next ready, and there is no requirement to snap the ball before the zeros, there will be one more play no matter what. It will be from the 1y line.
The only issue to deal with is the philosophy of the timer stopping the clock on his own without an official giving the stop-the-clock signal. Was the game called according to the rules set forth in the rule book? Yup. Did the on-field officials screw up? Yup. Did the timer 'break' the un-written law to follow the on-field officials' signals. Yup. You decide what is best here.
Mike