Index of Rules and Interpretations

10-second Runoff from Game Clock -- Foul (Delays/Clock Tactics) 86 10-second Subtraction from Game Clock -- Common Procedures (Delays/Clock Tactics) 87

Access to Officials (Miscellaneous) 186 Administration and Enforcement (The Ball) 44 After the Ball is Snapped (Backward Pass and Fumble) 119 Age groups (Status of BAFA games) 188 All Become Eligible (Scrimmage Kicks) 105 Approved Rulings and Official's Signals 53 At Rest (Backward Pass and Fumble) 120 Authority to impose sanctions (Sanctions) 186

BAFA game (Status of BAFA games) 188 Ball Dead in End Zone (Free Kicks) 102 Ball Declared Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 92 Ball Ready for Play (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 93 Basic Spot (Spots) 65 Batting a Backward Pass in Flight (Batting and Kicking) 157 Batting a Loose Ball (Batting and Kicking) 156 Batting Ball in Possession (Batting and Kicking) 157 Batting (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 58 Behind the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 104 Belongs To (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 55 Below Waist (Blocking) 54 Between Downs (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 56 Beyond the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 105 Blocking a Scrimmage Kick (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 59 Blocking Below the Waist (Personal Fouls) 142 Blocking (Blocking) 54 Blocking in the Back (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 156 Block in the Back (Blocking) 54 Boundary Lines (Lines) 59

Catchable Forward Pass (Passes) 63 Catch, Interception, Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 55 Catch or Recovery by Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 106 Catch or Recovery by Receiving Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 106 Caught or Recovered (Backward Pass and Fumble) 119 Ceremonies (Miscellaneous) 186 Changing Rooms (Changing Facilities) 178 Charged Team Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 81 Chop Block (Blocking) 54 Chop Blocking (Personal Fouls) 145 Clipping 56 Clipping (Personal Fouls) 141 Coaches' Certification (Players and Playing Equipment) 50 Coaches' Phones (Players and Playing Equipment) 52 Competition Notification (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 185 Complete Pass (Forward Pass) 122 Contact Against an Opponent Out of the Play (Personal Fouls) 146 Contact Against the Snapper (Personal Fouls) 146 Contacting an Official (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 152 Contact Interference (Forward Pass) 127 Continued Participation Without Helmet (Personal Fouls) 148 Continuity of Downs Broken (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 97 Controlled scrimmage (Status of BAFA games) 188 Criterion for Reversal (Reversing an On-Field Ruling) 177 Crosses Neutral Zone (Passes) 63

Dead Ball and Loose Ball (Reviewable Plays) 171 Dead Ball Becomes Alive (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 91 Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 160 Dead-Ball Spot (Spots) 65 Dead Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 53 Dead Where Caught (Fair Catch) 111 Defenseless player (Team and Player Designations) 68 Defensive Linemen on Place Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 109 Defensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 117 Definition of coach (Team and Player Designations) 68 Delaying the Start of a Half (Delays/Clock Tactics) 85 Determining the Enforcement Spot and the Basic Spot (Enforcement Procedures) 162 Dimensions (The Field) 38 Disqualified players (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 153 Disqualified Player (Team and Player Designations) 67 Down (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 56 Drop Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 60 During Live Ball (Backward Pass and Fumble) 119

Eligibility Gained or Regained (Forward Pass) 122 Eligibility Lost by Going Out of Bounds (Forward Pass) 122 Eligibility to Block (Free Kicks) 103 Eligibility to Touch Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 121 Encroachment (Encroachment and Offside) 62 End Lines (Lines) 59 End Zones (Field Areas) 70 Enforcement Spots (Enforcement Procedures) 161 Enforcement Spot (Spots) 64 Equipment (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 175 Extension of Periods (Playing Time and Intermissions) 75 Extra Periods (Start of Each Period) 72

Fair Catch (Fair Catch) 57 Field Areas (The Field) 43 Field Goal Attempt (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 61 Field of Play (Field Areas) 70 Fighting 158, 70 First and Third Periods (Start of Each Period) 72 Flagrant Fouls (Personal Fouls) 139 Flagrant Personal Foul (Foul and Violation) 58 Forced Touching Disregarded (Free Kicks) 102 Forced Touching Disregarded (Scrimmage Kicks) 105 Forfeited Games (Value of Scores) 130 Forward and Backward Pass (Passes) 62 Forward, Beyond (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 57 Forward Passer (Team and Player Designations) 67 Forward Pass Play (Play Classification) 69 Forward Progress (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 96 Forward Progress (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 57 Foul After Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 98 Foul Against Kicker (Free Kicks) 102 Foul Before Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 98 Foul Between Downs (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 98 Foul Between Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 99 Foul During Free Kick Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 98 Foul (Foul and Violation) 58 Foul Not Called (Flagrant Personal Fouls) 158 Fouls After a Try (Try Down) 134 Fouls by Both Teams (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 99 Fouls By Kicking Team (Free Kicks) 102 Fouls By Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 108 Fouls by Team A During Kicks (Enforcement Procedures) 165 Fouls During a Try After a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 134 Fouls During a Try Before a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 133 Fouls During or After a Touchdown, Field Goal or Try (Enforcement Procedures) 165 Frame (of the Body) (Blocking) 54 Free-blocking zone (Blocking) 54 Free Kick at Rest (Free Kicks) 102 Free Kick Caught or Recovered (Free Kicks) 102 Free Kick Formation (Free Kicks) 100 Free Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 61 Free Kick Play (Play Classification) 69 Fumble (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 58

Game Administration and Sideline Interference (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 152 Game Clock (Timing Devices) 69 Game Management (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 183 Game Officials (General Provisions) 37 Game Stop (Initiating the Replay Process) 175 Game Supervision (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 184 General Principle (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 183 Goal Lines (General Provisions) 37 Goal Lines (Lines) 59 Goals (The Field) 41

Half-Distance Enforcement Procedures (Enforcement Procedures) 167 Handing the Ball 60 Handing the Ball Forward (The Scrimmage) 118 Hash Marks (Lines) 60 Held Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 94 Helmet and Face Mask Fouls (Personal Fouls) 144 Helmet Comes Off -- Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 84 Holding and Use of Hands or Arms: Defense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 155 Holding and Use of Hands or Arms: Offense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 154 Horse Collar Tackle (Personal Fouls) 146 How and When Completed (Penalties Completed) 159 How Scored (Field Goal) 134 How Scored (Safety) 135 How Scored (Touchdown) 130 How Scored (Try Down) 131 Huddle 60 Hurdling 60 Hurdling (Personal Fouls) 146

Illegal Block or Contact (Fair Catch) 112 Illegal Contact and Pass Interference (Forward Pass) 124 Illegal Delay of the Game (Delays/Clock Tactics) 85 Illegal equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 49 Illegal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 120 Illegally Kicking a Ball (Batting and Kicking) 158 Illegal Touching (Forward Pass) 128 Illegal Wedge Formation (Free Kicks) 103 Inbounds Spot (Spots) 65 Incomplete Pass (Forward Pass) 124 Ineligible Receiver Downfield (Forward Pass) 128 Initial Impetus (Responsibility and Impetus) 138 Injury Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 81 In Possession (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 55 Instructions to Stadium Game Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 180 Instructions to Stadium Play Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 181 Interference with Opportunity (Opportunity to Catch a Kick) 109 Interfering for or Helping the Ball Carrier or Passer (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 153 Interval Fouls (Penalties Completed) 161 Invalid Signal (Fair Catch) 57 Invalid Signals: Catch or Recovery (Fair Catch) 112

Jersey Design, Colour and Numerals (Players and Playing Equipment) 47 Jurisdiction 168

Kick After Safety (Safety) 137 Kicker and Holder (Team and Player Designations) 66 Kicking Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 103 Kicking the Ball; Legal and Illegal Kicks (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 60 Kickoff (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 61 Kicks (Reviewable Plays) 172

Late Hit, Action Out of Bounds (Personal Fouls) 143 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 107 Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 120 Legal Substitutions (Substitutions) 88 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Playing Time and Intermissions) 74 Length of Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 83 Leverage, Leaping and Landing (Personal Fouls) 145 Liaison with Game Personnel (Game Personnel) 182 Licensed coach (Status of BAFA games) 188 Licensed official (Status of BAFA games) 188 Limitations on Reviewable Plays (Reviewable Plays) 174 Limit Lines (The Field) 40 Lineman and Back (Team and Player Designations) 66 Line-to-Gain and Down Indicators (The Field) 42 Line to Gain (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 96 Live Ball Becomes Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 91 Live-Ball - Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 160 Live-Ball Fouls by the Same Team (Penalties Completed) 159 Live Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 53 Location (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 175 Loose Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 94 Loose Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 53 Loose Behind the Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 107 Loss of down (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 57 Low-Blocking Zone (Blocking) 54

Mandatory and Illegal Equipment Enforcement (Players and Playing Equipment) 50 Mandatory equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 46 Markers or Obstructions (The Field) 43 Marking Balls (The Ball) 45 Marking Boundary Areas (The Field) 39 Medical Requirement Administration (Medical Provision) 178 Minimum Medical Requirements (Medical Provision) 178 Minimum Standards for Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 179 Minimum Standards for Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 179 Miscellaneous (Reviewable Plays) 173 More than eleven players on the field (Substitutions) 89 Muff (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 58

Next Play (Field Goal) 135 Next Play (Try Down) 134 Nine-Yard Marks (Lines) 60 No Advance (Fair Catch) 111 No Tackling (Fair Catch) 113

Offensive and Defensive Teams (Team and Player Designations) 66 Offensive Team Requirements -- At the Snap (The Scrimmage) 116 Offensive Team Requirements -- Prior to the Snap (The Scrimmage) 115 Officials' Assistants (Game Personnel) 181 Offsetting Fouls (Penalties Completed) 159 Offside (Encroachment and Offside) 62 Opportunity to Score (Try Down) 132 Optional equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 48 Out of Bounds at Forward Point (Out of Bounds) 94 Out of Bounds (Backward Pass and Fumble) 119 Out of Bounds Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 106 Out of Bounds Between Goal Lines or at Rest Inbounds (Scrimmage Kicks) 106 Out of Bounds Player (Scrimmage Kicks) 108 Out-of-Bounds Spot (Spots) 65

Participation (Eligibility for Instant Replay) 169 Passes (Reviewable Plays) 170 Passing (Passes) 62 Penalty Declined (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 98 Penalty Resulting in New Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 98 Period between games: officials (Status of BAFA games) 189 Period between games: teams (Status of BAFA games) 189 Personal Foul (Foul and Violation) 58 Personnel (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 175 Persons Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 37 Philosophy (Purpose and Philosophy) 169 Place Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 61 Planned Loose Ball (The Scrimmage) 119 Play-Clock Count (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 93 Play Clock (Timing Devices) 69 Player Ejection (Flagrant Personal Fouls) 158 Player not on roster (Roster form breaches) 187 Player Out of Bounds and In Bounds (Team and Player Designations) 68 Player Out of Bounds (Free Kicks) 103 Player Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 94 Players' Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 46 Player (Team and Player Designations) 67 Player Vacancy (Team and Player Designations) 67 Playing Enclosure (Field Areas) 70 Playing games (Status of BAFA games) 188 Playing Surface (Field Areas) 70 Possession Series (Series and Possession Series) 64 Possible sanctions (Sanctions) 187 Postscrimmage Kick Enforcement (Enforcement Procedures) 164 Postscrimmage Kick Spot (Spots) 65 Previous Spot (Spots) 64 Procedure for Delaying the Start of a Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 185 Procedure for Suspending the Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 185 Procedures for Operating Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 180 Procedures for Operating Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 180 Procedures (Reviewing an On-field Ruling) 176 Process (Half-time video review) 177 Prohibited Field Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 51 Prohibited Signal Devices (Players and Playing Equipment) 51 Public Address Announcers (Miscellaneous) 186 Punt (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 60 Purpose (Half-time video review) 177 Purpose (Purpose and Philosophy) 169 Pylons (The Field) 42

Receiving Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 104 Recommended Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 46 Referee microphone (Players and Playing Equipment) 52 Referee's Notification (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 83 Removing persons from the playing enclosure (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 153 Replaced Player (Team and Player Designations) 67 Responsibilities 168 Responsibility (Responsibility and Impetus) 138 Restraining Lines (Free Kicks) 100 Restraining Lines (Lines) 59 Restrictions (Reviewing an On-field Ruling) 177 Return Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 61 Roughing or Running into Kicker or Holder (Personal Fouls) 147 Roughing the Passer (Personal Fouls) 144 Rules Decisions Final (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 99 Runner and Ball Carrier (Team and Player Designations) 67 Running Play and Run (Play Classification) 69

Scoring Plays (Reviewable Plays) 169 Scoring Plays (Value of Scores) 130 Scrimmage Down (Scrimmage) 63 Scrimmage Kick Formation (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 61 Scrimmage Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 61 Scrimmage Kick Play (Play Classification) 69 Scrimmage Line (Scrimmage) 63 Second and Fourth Periods (Start of Each Period) 72 Security and Access (Changing Facilities) 179 Series (Series and Possession Series) 64 Shift 63 Shift and False Start (The Scrimmage) 114 Sidelines (Lines) 59 Side Zone (Field Areas) 70 Simultaneous Catch or Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 56 Simultaneous with Snap (Penalties Completed) 159 Snap After a Touchback (Touchback) 137 Snapper (Team and Player Designations) 67 Snapping the Ball 64 Source and location (Half-time video review) 177 Special Enforcement of Post-Possession Fouls (Enforcement Procedures) 167 Specifications: Mandatory Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 47 Specifications (The Ball) 44 Spot of the Foul (Spots) 65 Spot Where Kick Ends (Spots) 65 Spot Where Run Ends (Spots) 65 Squad Member (Team and Player Designations) 68 Starting and Stopping the Clock (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 78 Starting with a Snap (The Scrimmage) 114 Stewards (Game Personnel) 183 Striking Fouls and Tripping (Personal Fouls) 139 Substitute (Team and Player Designations) 67 Substitution Procedures (Substitutions) 87 Succeeding Spot (Spots) 64 Suspending the game (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 80

Tackle Box 71 Targeting 71 Targeting and Making Forcible Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player (Personal Fouls) 140 Targeting and Making Forcible Contact With the Crown of the Helmet (Personal Fouls) 140 Team Area and Coaching Box (The Field) 40 Team Arrival (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 183 Team B personal foul during legal forward pass play (Forward Pass) 128 Team Captains (General Provisions) 37 Teams A and B (Team and Player Designations) 66 Teams Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 38 Terms and Conditions 220 The Field (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 184 The Field (Field Areas) 70 The Game (General Provisions) 37 The Neutral Zone 62 Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 78 Timing Adjustments (Playing Time and Intermissions) 75 Timing Devices (Playing Time and Intermissions) 76 Touching and Recovery of a Free Kick (Free Kicks) 101 Touching (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 58 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 107

Unfair Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 152 Unfair Clock Tactics (Delays/Clock Tactics) 86 Unfair Tactics (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 151 Unsportsmanlike Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 148 Use of Hands or Arms by Defense: Passing Downs (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 155

Valid Signal (Fair Catch) 57 Violation (Foul and Violation) 58 Violation Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 83

Water Carriers (Game Personnel) 182 Weather (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 185 When Ball is Loose (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 156 When Ball is Ready for Play (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 53 When Declared (Touchback) 137 When to Award Series (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 96 When to Stop a Game (Initiating the Replay Process) 176 Who May Block (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 153 Winning Team and Final Score (General Provisions) 37

Yard Lines (Lines) 59


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