Live and die with the ECO?

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Regardless of who happens to be working the sideline, when a forward pass. legal or illegal, hits the ground, the clock stops.

Depending on the norm for your area, there may be instances and situations whereby the Referee wants to move the clock along, after having advised both teams of his intentions, and you would follow his signals, even when they appear to contradict normal ptotocol.

Incomplete forward passes hitting the ground is NOT one of those circumstances.