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The rule reference in the first question is snapping the ball prior to the ready for play. Since it is a dead ball foul, anything short of Jesus' return means absolutely nothing. Everything is a do-over. He'll announce the foul, mark it off, then wind it up. They better be set offensively or they won't get the play off in time.
I had this happen in a game, except, instead of throwing a flag and enforcing a penalty, the Referee stupidly just wound the clock and let it run out. While that would have happened anyway, no one (including me -- HL on the other side of the field) knew it was a foul and everyone thought he was incorrectly winding the clock after an incomplete pass -- the snap prior to the RFP was a spike. He told me later, "well, I guess I COULD have thrown the flag."
I'm like, no, you SHOULD have thrown the flag. He and the umpire busted *** off the field without me and I had to run through the team that thought they got screwed to get to my car. Boy was I pissed (still am). To that, he said, "I didn't know you were parked over there." It was the only parking lot.
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