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Curious if anyone knows…are there rules regarding noise level from the PA speakers in regards to the play clock?   I noticed several times during the game that the PA system was blaring music until there was 11 seconds on the play clock, and once it played until 6 seconds left.  I never saw a coach complain to the refs, but I was under the assumption that there were rules regarding this?  

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I have always understood the rule to be when the snap is imminent the music must stop which is defined as when the offense breaks the huddle or in the no huddle offense when the center lines up over the ball.  The big issue is not interfering with the ability to hear the signals.  That goes for music, bands and artificial noise makes (but not crowd noise).

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1 hour ago, TexasMDcoach said:

I have always understood the rule to be when the snap is imminent the music must stop which is defined as when the offense breaks the huddle or in the no huddle offense when the center lines up over the ball.  The big issue is not interfering with the ability to hear the signals.  That goes for music, bands and artificial noise makes (but not crowd noise).

Yeah, that’s about as specific as I can find on a general Google search.  I noticed yesterday the music was playing loudly while Majors’ hand was on the ball, Ewers was giving his presnap claps, etc.  I had never noticed this before and it brought up the question on my mind.  

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14 hours ago, horns96 said:

Jeff Traylor was complaining about this at DKR the first time we played UTSA.  I think it might actually be at the snap?  

After attending about 30 games at the AD, Traylor has zero to complain about.  The PA guy at the Alamo Dome is way over the top.  It literally gives you a massive headache.  

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