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Interesting series of plays.
I only ref flag football at this point in my life, and one of our rules is that the clock does not stop (except at the ref's discretion) at all in the first half. We have a 25 second play clock that is enforced at around 35/40 seconds.
I wasn't on this game last year, but here's the sitch. Team A is on their 5 yard line with 4th and 15 (1st down zones are 20 yds. apart), the clock is winding down toward the end of the half, and it's obvious that they will have to punt. Instead, they run off the play clock, the crew marches off half the distance to the goal, and the clock keeps running. A repeats this until the half expires.
Obviously, this is a situation in which the ref should use his discretion and stop the clock. If, however, it were completely prohibited to do so, what would you suggest as a remedy?
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