Penalty on Offense - Clock run?

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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?

That's exactly backward.

Since the clock was running, and was only stopped to administer the penalty, it would normally be restarted on the ready-for-play signal.

As others have mentioned, the referee has the authority to alter normal timing procedures to prevent a team from gaining an unfair advantage.