Timing Issue

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by tbianco

This issue came up in our meeting tonight and it wasn't resolved before we left. If on second down there is an incomplete forward pass and on third down the offense has an illegal formation on a running play which ends inbounds and does not result in a first down (immaterial in Cdn ball), should the defense accept the penalty, will the clock start on the ready for play or does it start on the snap?

(We don't have illegal shifts, so I changed it for a Cdn scenario by flagging an illegal formation instead.)

CANADIAN RULING:

Before the 3-minute warning: Clock on the Ready.
After the 3-minute warning: Clock on the Snap.