Stoping clock to set ball

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Originally Posted by mbyron

Sounds like inexperienced officials to me. Discussing whether the ball was across? If I'm a wing and I see the ball cross, I signal TD. What's to discuss?

The problem with commenting on someone's "experience" is that it holds yours up for comparison.

Case Book play 3.4.6.C contains the following comment, " Comment: In some situations there is a delay in unpiling and no individual player or team is to blame. In such situations the Referee is authorized to stop the clock momentarily so no more clock time than normal is used in getting the ball ready for play. (3-4-3h).

It is entirely within the Referee's judgment when to invoke this procedure based soley on what he observes.