Kicked ball on inbound throw in

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Originally Posted by ChuckElias

While JR's rule citation says that the clock should start on the touch, the clock can't start if the touch causes the ball to be dead immediately, IMO.

I disagree.

The the clock should start on the touch, not on the legal touch.

Whether or not time actually comes off the clock in this sitch is irrelevant IMO. It's certainly possible that the operator started & stopped the clock quickly enough to prevent a second from coming off.

BTW, I can't help but comment on the death of the evil mass murderer pig zarqawi. This world is a less repugnant place now that the pig is dead. To me it was disappointing that he probably had no idea what was about to happen to him until he found himself covered in rubble & his own blood. Recent reports that he lived long enough to die as he tried to roll himself off the stretcher being carried by uniformed US soldiers certainly makes me feel better.