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Stopping the clock
I am a relatively new official. The rules, as I understand them, indicate that the clock should be stopped when the ball (and I assume runner with the ball) goes out of bounds. The more experienced officials tell me not to stop the clock if the runner is forced out of bounds or the tackler pushes him out. I cannot find a ruling to support what I am being told.
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And when it's 30-0, you're giving the extreme benefit of the doubt to the clock.
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The rule reference is as follows:
4-2-2 The ball becomes dead and the down is ended: a. When a runner goes out of bounds, is held so his forward progress is stopped or allows any part of his person other than hand or foot to touch the ground. If the down ends with the runner in bounds by virtue of his forward progress being stopped, there is no 3-4-4 provision that would lead to the clock being stopped even though the runner might end up OOB. |
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