[UNIgiantslayers]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Solution:

The rules already allow the coaches, by agreement with the Referee (in Varsity games) to shorten the length of a quarter.

So, when one team is holding, and the other is playing back, the coaches negotiate a shorter quarter (say :30), the R agrees, the timer sets the clock and re-starts it.

That should have happened. There's no reason for everyone to stand around with their hands in their pocket for 3:50.