Penalty on Offense - Clock run?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Spence

I did some searching through the posts. Tell me I am correct for high school/FED.

Since the action that caused the clock to stop was the penalty the clock does not start until the snap. Correct?

No, that's not correct. Whether the clock runs after a penalty depends on how the previous down ended not on the fact that there was a penalty.

If the referee judged that the offense was trying to gain an advantage by deliberately fouling, he could start the clock on the snap. But that would be the exception, not the rule.