Delay of Game???

Originally Posted by zebraman

Why a T? Think about the INTENT of the delay rule. If the defense knocks the ball away, they are delaying the offense from inbounding promptly. If the offense knocks it away, they are only hurting their own team. Just start the count.

So the team that's down by 1 (defense) can't knock it away to attempt to stop the clock but the wininng throw-in team can do so without penalty?

So would you start your count as soon as the ball is slapped away or when they go gather it & the time is just about out?

I don't see how it "hurts" them, they are trying to get the 1 point win without having to inbound the ball... it's only hurting the losing team IMO.