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Originally posted by MJT
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Originally posted by jack015
...If you look at the list of things that cause the clock to start on the snap in rule 3, "change of possession" is not one of them.
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But jack015, the reason, in your fumble example above, the clock did not stop at the end of the play was that A was in possession at the end of the play. It doesn't matter how many times possssion changed during the play, A started with it and A ended with it, so the clock keeps going if they are inbounds.
The point on the post is, since B was in possession at the end of the down, the clock was stopped for the COP. That is what stopped the clock, not the penalty, so no matter what, the clock will start on the snap.
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I agree 100% with MJT. You always stop the clock after a penalty. But it's the action that caused the down to end (the end of the play after the interception) that determines ready or snap because you always stop the clock after an INT.
In the double fumble scenario, the fact that A ended up with the ball means that the action that stopped the clock was the end of the run, still in A's possession. Therefore you start the clock on the ready just like you would do if A never fumbled.
The change of possession that jack015 claims is missing in the rules is covered in 3-4-2-3b.