BS penalty. Int. grounding on Jameis.

Belfast Saint said
Regardless of whether the penalty is appropriate or not, the punishment does not fit the crime. On a 'normal' intentional grounding the crime is to avoid a sack unfairly and the penalty - 10 yards and loss of down - reflects what you tried to gain by committing the foul.

In the scenario in question, is a 10 yard loss and loss of down commensurate with crime of trying to stop the clock when it was not possible to do so? Seems very much a procedural issue and should be a 5 yard penalty and no loss of down.

It feels like they took two separate scenarios because they both involve a QB throwing the ball away and just haven't bothered to split a single penalty up to reflect two different things.

The ruling in the book explains the rationale. I'm not saying I agree with it, but it's right there.

The scenario they propose is 6 seconds remaining in the half with a stopped clock. The QB spikes the ball, which runs 1 second off the clock. Now, a field goal try should run the clock out without the other team getting the ball back with 1 second.

The interesting part is that the ruling states that the penalty is intentional ground, with a 10 yard penalty, a loss of down, and a 10 second runoff. The runoff was not included in this instance as it should have been.