Old HS Timing Rules

[HLin NC]

The "old" timing rules were that if you had a change of possession not involving a kick, i.e. 4th down punt with recovery by R, the clock started on the ready for play, not the snap.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

The "old" timing rules were that if you had a change of possession not involving a kick, i.e. 4th down punt with recovery by R, the clock started on the ready for play, not the snap.

If the play ended inbounds.

[BktBallRef]

Our JV and middle school timing rules:

On a change of possession, the clock starts on the ready unless the previous play ended OOB or with an incomplete pass.

[Robert Goodman]

How old?

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

How old?

Probably mid-90's before they made that stupid rule change the prolongs games unnecessarily.

[McMac]

With this Pop Warner league, (except Tiny Mites), they run 4- 10 minute quarters and schedule games every 90 minutes. So the clock needs to run more than with the current rule set for Fed.

[McMac]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Probably mid-90's before they made that stupid rule change the prolongs games unnecessarily.

Lets put it this way, I wasn't even in HS in the mid-90s.

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by McMac

Lets put it this way, I wasn't even in HS in the mid-90s.

That's irrelevant. What matters is what the person meant who told you they use "old" timing rules. And did he mean Fed's old timing rules, or Pop Warner's old timing rules?

30+ yrs. ago I know Pop Warner was using modifications over Fed regarding what were then Fed's timing rules.

[Tom.OH]

Originally Posted by McMac

Lets put it this way, I wasn't even in HS in the mid-90s.

Me either, I had been out 22 years!

[Forksref]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Probably mid-90's before they made that stupid rule change the prolongs games unnecessarily.

I'd say '93 or '94, not later. I remember it by the crew that I was with at the time.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Forksref

I'd say '93 or '94, not later. I remember it by the crew that I was with at the time.

I'm guessing a couple of years after this, maybe 1996 or so.

Edited to add: I guessed well -- it appears to be 1996:

http://football.refs.org/rules/NFrules5.html

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

The "old" timing rules were that if you had a change of possession not involving a kick, i.e. 4th down punt with recovery by R, the clock started on the ready for play, not the snap.

An older timing rule was that it started on the RFP after any CoP.

[HLin NC]

An older timing rule was that it started on the RFP after any CoP.

Ah, but you see, I'm not THAT OLD