Clock status after illegal forward pass.

[cmathews]

Originally Posted by FTVMartin

NF 3-4-3

The clock shall start with the snap ...if the clock was stopped because

e. a legal or illiegal forward pass is incomplete.

FTV check out 3-4-6 When a team attempts to conserve or consume time illegally, the referee shall order the clock started or stopped...in my game the clock starts on the ready

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by FTVMartin

NF 3-4-3

The clock shall start with the snap ...if the clock was stopped because

e. a legal or illiegal forward pass is incomplete.

Originally Posted by cmathews

FTV check out 3-4-6 When a team attempts to conserve or consume time illegally, the referee shall order the clock started or stopped...in my game the clock starts on the ready

Just trying to understand... the rule says to start on the snap, but you do what you want, and start on the ready if you feel that a team conserved time illegally?

[cdoug]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Just trying to understand... the rule says to start on the snap, but you do what you want, and start on the ready if you feel that a team conserved time illegally?

Yes, since the QB is in shotgun formation he cannot legally ground the ball to conserve time (7.5.2 Exception: It is legal to conserve time by intentionally throwing the ball forward to the ground immediately after receiving a direct hand-to-hand snap). As noted being able to start the clock on the ready is allowed per 3.4.6

[bossman72]

This was a trick by my high school coach (but the opposite). If we were ahead, we would let the play clock run down (while the game clock was running) and false start. Refs that were not wise as to what was going on would run the clock on the ready and we would eat up the clock and win the game.

However, some refs would start it on the snap, thus negating our plan.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by bossman72

This was a trick by my high school coach (but the opposite). If we were ahead, we would let the play clock run down (while the game clock was running) and false start. Refs that were not wise as to what was going on would run the clock on the ready and we would eat up the clock and win the game.

However, some refs would start it on the snap, thus negating our plan.

This is why I like the Canadian ruling better: the defense has the choice of whether to run the clock or not, not the Referee.