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Originally posted by Bob M.
REPLY: DrMooreReferee...MJT is correct that on all free kicks, the clock starts when the kick is legally touched. However, at one time (prior to 1991) under the conditions that you proposed, the clock would have started on the ready for the free kick. But those days are past! Now, for all free kicks, the clock starts when the kick is legally touched.
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So let's talk about situation A. A's ball, 1st and 10 from the 15. A chooses to free-kick. Expand it to say there is 2 seconds left in the game. A kicks through the uprights, scoring a FG.
So on A's free kick (after the FG), the clock will still have 2 seconds, right?
What if A is farther back, say the 35. On the free kick, B1 jumps up in the EZ in an attempt to block the kick from going through the uprights. The ball hits B1's hand then goes through the upright (It still scores an FG, right?). Does the clock start on the touch since the ball is in the EZ?