Officiating at the End of Game

Sailorsaint said
Yep, I see that, but, that's not exactly the same situation that occured in this game is it? He wasn't spiking to "consume 1 second", he was spiking, incorrectly, to stop a clock that had much more time on it than 6 seconds. And they didn't run off 10 seconds of the clock either, like that rule says should be done. All they did was take away a down and move us back 10 yards. So, is it a rule that only works when and how they want it to? or is it a legitmate rule?

True, it seems clear as to why he was doing it, but that portion of the rule states "A QB can only spike the ball to stop a running game clock." So, while it's true that wasn't what Winston was doing, the ruling explicitly says that the QB cannot stop the ball with the game clock stopped.