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Originally Posted by aschramm
Quick question,
I've been noticing this year that in the NFL, after an offensive player goes out of bounds (forced out or by himself), that the clock stops. But once they get the ball back into the Umpire and placed, the clock starts again (Except toward the ends of each half). Has this always been done in the NFL?
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No. They put it in around the turn of the century to prevent games from exceeding their allotted TV time, along with shortening half time to 12 mins.
Tue Dec 23, 2008, 02:55pm
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