Rules question

[Rich]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

While I agree, most of those give the "downward chop" RFP, followed immediately by the "wind the clock" signal.

I'm not a referee at the college level (with the exception of an occasional undercard game), but I can say that I've not seen my referee give the chop nor do I at the HS level (the wind is also the RFP -- I have never seen the point in doing both).

At higher levels, I've noticed the R's don't even blow a whistle when starting the clock if there's a 40 second clock already running.