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Old Sat Dec 30, 2000, 11:53pm
BktBallRef BktBallRef is offline
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Re: Aaaaaaaaaaaargh!

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Originally posted by mick
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Originally posted by BktBallRef
No, you do not stop play to allow a player to tie his shoe. He can wait until there's a dead ball or he can tie while the ball is live, but do not stop the clock.
I have always stopped the clock for safety issues.
Where may I find a ruling to the contrary?
HELP!!!!!!!!!
Do you really stop the clock to let a player tie his shoe? I don't think the NF really wants us to stop the clock to allow a player to tie his shoe. I can't find anything in the rulebook that says to stop it or not stop it. But until someone tells me to, I'm not going to. I believe his team can hold the ball and allow the player to take three or four seconds to tie his shoe if it's that important. I see them do it all the time.
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