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Originally Posted by SupDock
Paste the section of the rule book stating this, and also, how is the clock not running as soon as the ball is snapped, thus allowing the ball to be spiked
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Per item 3:
"player under center is permitted to stop the game clock legally to save time"
If the clock isn't running, then therefore the player is not legally stopping the clock to save time; e.g. intentional grounding is the correct call.
The Browns got a penalty to stop the clock on the previous play.
The spike by Mahomes was not to prevent time from running off the clock, BECAUSE THE CLOCK WAS NOT RUNNING.
The clock has to be running in order to line up and spike the ball to save time.
It's in black and white, Line 3.