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I am having a disagreement with a fellow official on what i think to be a standard situation. Can yall help either correct my ways or enlighten my fellow official. Thanks! A passes to a82 b26 pushes a82 and catches the ball and get tackled in bounds is the clock on the ready or snap.I say snap because there was a COP he says ready since COP was nullified. Whom is correct?
I would think it depends on what the clock status was when the play in which the pass was thrown, began, presuming the penalty is accepted, after enforcement the down would be repeated.
Same would occur with dueling COPs ...A fumbles to B, B returns favor and fumbles back to A = B doesn't have a new series = RFP. Exception : Previous spot penalty before fair catch and no new series gained.
Or if A threw an illegal forward pass after regaining possession = Snap
A good rule of : If teams have to change their units...IE....offense off - defense in; kicking off- offense back in, etc. clock will start on the snap. In your OP there wasn't a COP, so on the RFP as long as nothing else occurred to shut it down. Same would occur with dueling COPs ...A fumbles to B, B returns favor and fumbles back to A = B doesn't have a new series = RFP. Exception : Previous spot penalty before fair catch and no new series gained.