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REPLY: One of the important points in Rut's reply is that the referee only has that discretion if a team attempts to conserve or consume time illegally. That implies that they have fouled. If a team attempts to conserve time in a legal manner (e.g. by throwing a backward pass out of bounds -- Federation only) the referee has no such discretion and must start the clock on the snap.
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Bob M.
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