I was watching football this weekend and a penalty was called against the center. I have never seen this before and have no clue what it is called, but the penalty took 10 second of the play clock. Can someone please explain this to me. Thanx.
2006-09-19 05:19:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
I believe this would have been what's called a "false snap". The center actually moves before he snaps the ball.
2006-09-19 05:24:25 · answer #1 · answered by Jeff S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The most common thought to this question is the center did a false snap or something. But a false snap would only take yards away not time. To my understanding the center did a false play to stop the clock, if the ref sees that, time will be taken off the clock. People try and make the center do it because the center is in the middle of everybody, so the ref wont see him as much.
2006-09-19 12:30:07 · answer #2 · answered by Wisdom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is called a "snap infraction" in which the center doesn't complete a full motion of snapping the ball, or removes one or both hands from the ball after he's touched it and it's marked ready for play.
2006-09-19 13:07:25 · answer #3 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah false start..off side ..same thing jeff knows best'
2006-09-19 12:27:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋