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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
Is there a definition of this?
(I am not a football official -- I do time for ncaa JuCo games)
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No. 2 minutes is the time that we use when we start invoking that rule, but it's not in the rules, so it's more of a judgment call. A referee would not be wrong in applying the rule earlier than that. It's put in place to prevent a team from intentionally getting delay of game fouls to continue eating up the clock. Even outside of 2 mins if they delayed a second time, I'd go on the snap for the next play. In NCAA you have the 10 second subtraction rules also. When those come into play team B can decline the subtraction and the clock will start on the snap.