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Old Fri Aug 30, 2013, 03:19pm
ajmc ajmc is offline
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For what it's worth. In that situation when explaining the penalty options to the Captain of A, it avoids a lot of unnecessary confusion to explain the procedures related to the clock as well.

The Captain may very well not understand the implications of an untimed down being available because the penalty happended during what may well be the last timed down, so explaining what can happen eliminates the need for him to rush to get the play off before the clock counts down. A simple, "If you accept the penalty, I'm going to start the clock on the ready, but if it runs all the way down before you get the play off, you are entitled to an untimed down."
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