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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Clock starts with a legal touch.
5-9-2: If play is started or resumed by a jump, the clock shall be started
when the tossed ball is legally touched.
Reset to 8:00.
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No, Billy. The touch itself is legal as it is not a punch or a kick.
The fact that the catching of the ball violates the restrictions of the jump ball causes an infraction and a whistle.
Therefore, the clock properly starts on the touch and stops on the whistle for the violation. Leave the clock at 7:58.
This situation is analogous to a throw-in in which the player receiving the pass is standing with a foot on a boundary line. The touch is legal, but the contact with the boundary is not. The game clock should start and then stop.