untimed down?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Well, they'd want to decline it if it was halftime. Matter of fact, there'd be little reason to speak to a captain other than to tell him it's halftime.

In this situation (end of 1st Q), we'd simply run an untimed down after enforcing the penalty.

I would still talk to the captain as I would not want to be accused of not informing them of their options. They might not realize the quarter/half/game can extend with an accepted penalty. I think we take the "give them the obvious choice" too far sometimes. You do not have to take 10 minutes to make this decision, just yell to the player, "If you take this we have to run an untimed down." At least they would know and they cannot say you choose not to tell them or did not give them the option.

Peace