Clock Status?

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Originally Posted by jtparker12

Please make sure to cite the rule(s) and case(s) for each so that I can reference them for the future, and so that I can pass it along to my compadres for their clarity. Thanks so much!!

I don't know if this will satisfy your doubting colleagues, but the EXCEPTION, that allows a holder to deal with a live ball while his knee is on the ground, is an exception to the basic rule, (NF: 4-2-2-a) which advises, "The ball becomes dead and and the down is ended: (a).....or allows anypart of his person other than hand or foot to touch the ground".

So, when the exception is not applicable, the fact that the holder had possession of the ball while his knee was touching the ground satisfies
4-2-2, the instant the holder ceases to satisfy all the requirements of the "exception", he riverts to being a "runner" (NF: 2-32-13) with his knee touching the ground, causing the ball to become dead, which does NOT stop the clock.