Quote:
Originally Posted by football-1
I always wanted to know. Why in college does the clock stop after every new first down?
And all new rules to speed up the game. Why not start with that?
|
It was instituted in 1970 because it was thought to be unfair to have time coming off the clock with team A ready to snap but waiting for the chain to be set. It did lengthen games and increase scoring.
Robert