Re: [NFL] Colts-NE, Defensive Delay of Game?

>>>The basic problem, which exists in all codes AFAIK, is that untimed downs
(other than PATs) are given only AT the end of a period, and in some cases a
team can benefit by illegal action that
consumes time before the end of a period. >>>

>> In all codes, AFAIK, the referee is given the authority to correct obvious
attempts to  illegally consume time or delay the game. This would include, for
instance, stopping the clock when Team B is slow to unpile, or not starting the
clock on the RFP if he feels that Team A took an intentional False Start
penalty with the clock
running. >>

>Yes, but in no case does the remedy make up for time lost by illegal live ball
play except when time expires for the period.>

If by that you mean that we don't put time back when we replay a down, then I
agree that such time is "lost".  But I haven't heard any complaints from
coaches.

And they're the ones that make the rules, in amateur ball.

Jim Rosenfeld

God Bless the 
    U. S. A.