Delay of game is an action in a sports game in which a player or team deliberately stalls the game, usually with the intention of using the delay to its advantage. In some sports, the delay of game is considered an infraction if it is longer than that permitted according to the game's rules, in which case a penalty can be issued. Some sports that have a delay of game penalty are American football, Canadian football, ice hockey and association football.
In American football, an offensive team is penalized five yards for delay of game if it fails to put the ball in play by either snap or free kick before the play clock expires. This time limit varies by league, and is often 25 seconds from the time the referee signals the ball ready for play. In the National Football League, it can also be 40 seconds from the end of the previous down, depending on the circumstances at the time. Also, the defensive team can be given the same penalty if they fail to quickly yield the ball to officials after a play has ended, prevent a player on the offense from getting up after the play, or kicking the ball.
John Earl Madden (born April 10, 1936) is a former American professional football player in the National Football League, a former Super Bowl-winning head coach with the Oakland Raiders in the American Football League and later the NFL, and a former color commentator for NFL telecasts. In 2006, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his coaching career. He is also widely known for the long-running Madden NFL video game series he has endorsed and fronted since 1988.
Madden broadcast with Pat Summerall in the 1980s and 1990s, on CBS and later Fox. He was also the last color commentator for ABC's Monday Night Football before it moved to ESPN in 2006. His last regular role was as a commentator for NBC Sunday Night Football.
Madden has also written several books and has served as a commercial pitchman for various products and retailers. He retired from broadcasting on April 16, 2009 in order to spend more time with his family.
John Madden was born in Austin, Minnesota, to Earl Russell Madden and Mary Margaret (Flaherty) Madden. His father, an auto mechanic, moved the Madden family to Daly City, California, a suburb of San Francisco, when he was young. He attended middle school at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and then Jefferson High School, graduating in 1954.
Blake Austin Griffin (born March 16, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Griffin had a renowned high school career at Oklahoma Christian School, winning state titles each of his four years under his father, Tommy Griffin, who was the head coach. He played college basketball for the University of Oklahoma Sooners and was awarded numerous accolades in his second year including the Naismith College Player of the Year, Oscar Robertson Trophy and the John Wooden Award.
Griffin left college after two seasons to enter the 2009 NBA Draft where he was selected first overall by the Clippers. In his first season, he broke his left kneecap, which he injured during the final pre-season game, and underwent surgery missing the entire 2009–10 season. He made his NBA debut as a rookie the following season and was selected as an All-Star, won the 2011 NBA Slam Dunk Contest and was named the NBA Rookie of the Year. In 2011, Sports Illustrated ranked him as one of the NBA's 15 Greatest Rookies of All Time.
Matthew John Hunwick (born May 21, 1985) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League. He has also played for the Boston Bruins.
Hunwick first played amateur junior in the Detroit based Honeybaked Hockey Program, before he was selected to the USA Hockey National Team Development Program in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After two seasons with the USDP, and showing potential as a two-way puck-moving defenseman he was recruited to play collegiate hockey with the University of Michigan in the CCHA.
In his freshman season of 2003–04, Hunwick finished third among team defenseman in scoring with 15 points in 41 games and was named to the CCHA All-Rookie Team as the Wolverines progressed to the North-East regional finals. Hunwick was then selected at the conclusion of the season by the Boston Bruins, in the seventh round, 224th overall, of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
As a sophomore in the 2004–05 season he scored his first career hat-trick, in a 8-3 victory over Bowling Green State on December 10, and was honored as the NCAA National Offensive player of the week. Hunwick increased his points total to 25 in 40 games with the Wolverines to be named to the CCHA Second All-Star Team. Hunwick received the same Second All-Star accolade while serving as an alternate captain in 2005–06, when he recorded a personal best 11 goals and 30 points in 41 games to finish second among Wolverines D-men.
OREGON vs. AUBURN - Delay of game?!
John Madden Explaining a Delay of Game- 1995
NBA Court Call: Is The Delay Of Game Call Ruining The Flow?
Blake Griffin's delay of game violation
Marc-Edouard Vlasic delay of game penalty in 3rd May 16 2013 San Joses Sharks vs LA Kings NHL Hockey
Refs take forever to call delay of game Feb 21 2013 NJ Devils vs Washington Capitals NHL Hockey
Delay of Game - BoldChat Simply Powerful
Delay of Game Play for Youth Basketball
Madden NFL 13 Connected Careers CCM: Delay of Game/No Playbook Glitch Unacceptable
Star Citizen AA 029 Delay of Game
Delay of Game Penalty on Matt Hunwick
Arkansas screwed by Refs (Delay of Game)
What is the Penalty: Delay of Game
Worst NBA call ever! - Technical foul for touching the ball? - "Delay-of-game violation"
OREGON vs. AUBURN - Delay of game?!
John Madden Explaining a Delay of Game- 1995
NBA Court Call: Is The Delay Of Game Call Ruining The Flow?
Blake Griffin's delay of game violation
Marc-Edouard Vlasic delay of game penalty in 3rd May 16 2013 San Joses Sharks vs LA Kings NHL Hockey
Refs take forever to call delay of game Feb 21 2013 NJ Devils vs Washington Capitals NHL Hockey
Delay of Game - BoldChat Simply Powerful
Delay of Game Play for Youth Basketball
Madden NFL 13 Connected Careers CCM: Delay of Game/No Playbook Glitch Unacceptable
Star Citizen AA 029 Delay of Game
Delay of Game Penalty on Matt Hunwick
Arkansas screwed by Refs (Delay of Game)
What is the Penalty: Delay of Game
Worst NBA call ever! - Technical foul for touching the ball? - "Delay-of-game violation"
Wooster Oilers goalie SEVERAL DELAY OF game (MnJHL) (Dan Kemter)
Are you buying the SEC's explanation on the "delay of game" controversy?
Delay of Game Part 1 - A Half-Life 2 Film (2003)
Gonzaga v. BYU: Delay Of Game Warning
Madden 13 Team Play Live Stream Pt. 4 - DELAY OF GAME GLITCH!
NHL 15 - Delay Of Game Glitch
Madden 15 Delay Of Game Glitch Freezes Call Screen PS3/360
Delay of game
This is how a delay of game is called