Can someone go over how this works for both - I'm talking about a player going out of bounds on purpose to stop the clock.
I don't know what the rules are for NCAA, but I feel like I've seen things happen contrary to what I thought the NFL rules were lol (like with over 2 minutes left in a half and SOMETIMES it stops lol)
(I know you can spike the ball to stop it. I am also aware that the forward progress that keeps the clock going)
In the past couple of years, college has caught up and implemented some NFL rules. They actually had a terrible rule in place two or three years ago that started the clock after a change in possession. As I understand it, what they did last year was make two primary changes
1) The 25 second play clock has been eliminated in favor of a running 40 second clock which will begin as soon as each play is whistled dead.
2)When players go out-of-bounds the clock will start on the referees signal as opposed to starting on the snap of the ball. Except for in the final two minutes of each half when the clock will stop until the snap of the next ball.
I think the NFL rules are implemented in the final 5 minutes of each half.
The clock still stops when a team makes a first down.
I think the point is the games would be even LONGER lol