Can a team that commits an intentional penalty to get the ball back?

[CT1]

Originally Posted by tmagan

It is fifteen yards, but in the NFL, the clock in that situation will not start until the next snap from scrimmage.

Are you sure about that ruling? I could understand if A were trailing in the game.

[APG]

Originally Posted by CT1

Are you sure about that ruling? I could understand if A were trailing in the game.

Since the penalty occurred inside of five minutes of the 2nd half, the clock would start on the snap.

Rule 4, Section 3, Article 2

(f) If the game clock is stopped after a down in which there was a foul by either team, following enforcement or declination of a penalty, the game clock will start as if the foul had not occurred, except that the clock will start on the snap if:

(1) the foul occurs after the two-minute warning of the first half,
(2) the foul occurs inside the last five minutes of the second half, or
(3) a specific rule prescribes otherwise

As for the proposed question, I thought I've read a ruling that says the clock would start on the ready but I can't find it.

[Robert Goodman]

NFL has a provision, 4-3-10, to prevent such action by the defense to conserve time, but it applies only in the final minute of a half.

However, in the case referred to above, is that "a down in which there was a foul by either team", or is it a foul between downs?