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Originally Posted by lcarus
If a team spikes it when the clock isnt running, they are already penalizing themselves unnecessarily by burning a down. A flag and a 10 yard loss + 10 second runoff is dumb. That scenario shouldnt induce a grounding penalty. Its not the purpose of the rule.
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If it's not a LEGAL SPIKE TO STOP THE CLOCK, the QB must throw at a receiver, or throw towards the LOS while outside the pocket, or it is by definition intentional grounding.
Since it's logically IMPOSSIBLE to stop a clock that isn't running, the spike was not legal Per item 3.