OSU / K State Timing Ques

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NCAA 3-4-3: ”The referee shall order the game clock started or stopped whenever either team conserves or consumes playing time by tactics obviously unfair. This includes starting the clock on the snap if the foul is by the team ahead in the score. The clock will start on the ready-for-play signal after an illegal forward or backward pass that conserves time for Team A (A.R. 3-4-3-I-IV).”

Here’s the only AR that even comes close to the situation that we’re talking about: AR 3.4.3 I: “In an attempt to consume time in the fourth period, Team A “stalls’’ and exceeds the 25-second count. RULING: Penalty—Five yards from the succeeding spot. The clock starts on the snap.”

No-my point is that there must be a determination that one team is "using tactics obviously unfair". I challenge you to show that a false start is un unfair tactic unless you can believe that it was done on purpose.

The rule refers to situations where the offending team is ahead, but does not say only at the end of the game. Should we never start the clock when the winning team false starts.

If you believe that the false start itself is an "obviously unfair tactic" then you would not start the clock.

If, like me, you believe that you need more proof of an "obviously unfair tactic", then this play gets a winding of the clock.

For those of you that think that the clock should not start, at what point in the game do you think we should start implementing this treatment, and why?

Lastly, aren't we to assume that actions of the players are within the rules rather than the other way around.



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