10-second Runoff from Game Clock -- Foul (Delays/Clock Tactics) 87 10-second Subtraction from Game Clock -- Common Procedures (Delays/Clock Tactics) 88
Access to Officials (Miscellaneous) 185 Administration and Enforcement (The Ball) 44 After the Ball is Snapped (Backward Pass and Fumble) 122 Age groups (Status of BAFA games) 188 All Become Eligible (Scrimmage Kicks) 107 Approved Rulings and Official's Signals 53 At Rest (Backward Pass and Fumble) 122 Authority to impose sanctions (Sanctions) 186
BAFA game (Status of BAFA games) 187 Ball Dead in End Zone (Free Kicks) 104 Ball Declared Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 93 Ball Ready for Play (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 95 Basic Spot (Spots) 65 Batting a Backward Pass in Flight (Batting and Kicking) 161 Batting a Loose Ball (Batting and Kicking) 160 Batting Ball in Possession (Batting and Kicking) 161 Batting (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 58 Behind the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 106 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) 107 Blocking a Scrimmage Kick (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 58 Blocking Below the Waist (Personal Fouls) 145 Blocking (Blocking) 54 Blocking in the Back (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 160 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) 108 Catch or Recovery by Receiving Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 108 Caught or Recovered (Backward Pass and Fumble) 121 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) 148 Clipping 56 Clipping (Personal Fouls) 144 Coaches' Certification (Players and Playing Equipment) 51 Coaches' Phones (Players and Playing Equipment) 52 Competition Notification (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 185 Complete Pass (Forward Pass) 125 Concussion protocol (Medical Provision) 178 Contact Against an Opponent Out of the Play (Personal Fouls) 149 Contact Against the Snapper (Personal Fouls) 150 Contacting an Official (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 156 Continued Participation Without Helmet (Personal Fouls) 151 Continuity of Downs Broken (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 99 Controlled scrimmage (Status of BAFA games) 187 Criteria for reversing an on-field ruling (Procedures) 175 Crosses Neutral Zone (Passes) 63
Dead Ball Becomes Alive (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 92 Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 164 Dead-Ball Spot (Spots) 65 Dead Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 53 Dead Where Caught (Fair Catch) 113 Defenseless player (Team and Player Designations) 68 Defensive Linemen on Place Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 111 Defensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 120 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) 166 Dimensions and Markings (The Field) 38 Disqualified players and coaches (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 157 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) 121
Eligibility Gained or Regained (Forward Pass) 125 Eligibility Lost by Going Out of Bounds (Forward Pass) 125 Eligibility to Block (Free Kicks) 105 Eligibility to Touch Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 124 Encroachment (Encroachment and Offside) 62 End Lines (Lines) 59 End Zones (Field Areas) 70 Enforcement Spots (Enforcement Procedures) 165 Enforcement Spot (Spots) 64 Equipment and personnel (Procedures) 175 Explictly reviewable fouls (Scope of the video judge) 174 Extension of Periods (Playing Time and Intermissions) 76 Extra Periods (Start of Each Period) 72
Fair Catch (Fair Catch) 56 Field Goal Attempt (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 61 Field of Play (Field Areas) 70 Field Surface (The Field) 43 Fighting 162, 70 First and Third Periods (Start of Each Period) 72 Flagrant Personal Foul (Foul and Violation) 57 Flagrant Personal Fouls (Personal Fouls) 142 Forced Touching Disregarded (Free Kicks) 104 Forced Touching Disregarded (Scrimmage Kicks) 108 Forfeited Games (Value of Scores) 133 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) 98 Forward Progress (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 57 Foul After Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 100 Foul Against Kicker (Free Kicks) 105 Foul Before Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 100 Foul Between Downs (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 100 Foul Between Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 101 Foul During Free Kick Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 100 Foul (Foul and Violation) 57 Foul Not Called (Flagrant Fouls) 162 Fouls After a Try (Try Down) 137 Fouls by Both Teams (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 101 Fouls By Kicking Team (Free Kicks) 104 Fouls By Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 110 Fouls by Team A During Kicks (Enforcement Procedures) 169 Fouls During a Try After a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 137 Fouls During a Try Before a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 136 Fouls During or After a Touchdown, Field Goal or Try (Enforcement Procedures) 169 Frame (of the Body) (Blocking) 54 Free-blocking zone (Blocking) 54 Free Kick at Rest (Free Kicks) 104 Free Kick Caught or Recovered (Free Kicks) 104 Free Kick Formation (Free Kicks) 102 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) 156 Game Clock (Timing Devices) 69 Game Management (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 183 Game Officials (General Provisions) 37 Game Supervision (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 184 General Principle (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 182 Goal Lines and Pylons (Lines) 59 Goal Lines (General Provisions) 37 Goals (The Field) 41
Half-Distance Enforcement Procedures (Enforcement Procedures) 171 Handing the Ball 60 Handing the Ball Forward (The Scrimmage) 121 Hash Marks (Lines) 59 Held Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 96 Helmet and Face Mask Fouls (Personal Fouls) 147 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) 159 Holding and Use of Hands or Arms: Offense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 158 Horse Collar Tackle (Personal Fouls) 150 How and When Completed (Penalties Completed) 163 How Scored (Field Goal) 137 How Scored (Safety) 139 How Scored (Touchdown) 133 How Scored (Try Down) 134 Huddle 60 Hurdling 60 Hurdling (Personal Fouls) 149
Illegal Block or Contact (Fair Catch) 115 Illegal Contact and Pass Interference (Forward Pass) 127 Illegal Delay of the Game (Delays/Clock Tactics) 85 Illegal equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 49 Illegal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 123 Illegally Kicking a Ball (Batting and Kicking) 161 Illegal Touching (Forward Pass) 131 Illegal Wedge Formation (Free Kicks) 105 Inbounds Spot (Spots) 65 Incomplete Pass (Forward Pass) 127 Ineligible Receiver Downfield (Forward Pass) 131 Information provision (Procedures) 176 Initial Impetus (Responsibility and Impetus) 141 Initiating review (Procedures) 175 Injured players (Scope of the video judge) 174 Injury Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 82 Instructions to Stadium Game Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 180 Instructions to Stadium Play Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 180 Interference with Opportunity (Opportunity to Catch a Kick) 111 Interfering for or Helping the Ball Carrier or Passer (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 157 Interval Fouls (Penalties Completed) 165 Invalid Signal (Fair Catch) 57 Invalid Signals: Catch or Recovery (Fair Catch) 114
Jersey Design, Colour and Numerals (Players and Playing Equipment) 47 Jurisdiction 172
Kick After Safety (Safety) 140 Kicker and Holder (Team and Player Designations) 66 Kicking Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 105 Kicking the Ball; Legal and Illegal Kicks (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 60 Kickoff (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 61
Late Hit, Action Out of Bounds (Personal Fouls) 147 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 109 Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 123 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 and Leaping (Personal Fouls) 149 Liaison with Game Personnel (Game Personnel) 182 Licensed coach (Status of BAFA games) 188 Licensed official (Status of BAFA games) 188 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) 98 Live Ball Becomes Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 92 Live-Ball - Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 164 Live-Ball Fouls by the Same Team (Penalties Completed) 163 Live Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 53 Loose Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 96 Loose Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 53 Loose Behind the Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 109 Loss of down (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 56
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) 46 Marking Boundary Areas (The Field) 40 Medical Requirement Administration (Medical Provision) 178 Minimum Medical Requirements (Medical Provision) 177 Minimum Standards for Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 179 Minimum Standards for Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 179 More than eleven players on the field (Substitutions) 90 Muff (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 58
Next Play (Field Goal) 138 Next Play (Try Down) 137 Nine-Yard Marks (Lines) 59 No Advance (Fair Catch) 114 No Tackling (Fair Catch) 115
Offensive and Defensive Teams (Team and Player Designations) 66 Offensive Team Requirements -- At the Snap (The Scrimmage) 118 Offensive Team Requirements -- Prior to the Snap (The Scrimmage) 117 Officials' Assistants (Game Personnel) 181 Offsetting Fouls (Penalties Completed) 163 Offside on a free kick play (Encroachment and Offside) 62 Offside on a scrimmage play (Encroachment and Offside) 62 Opportunity to Score (Try Down) 135 Optional equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 49 Out of Bounds at Forward Point (Out of Bounds) 96 Out of Bounds (Backward Pass and Fumble) 122 Out of Bounds Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 109 Out of Bounds Between Goal Lines or at Rest Inbounds (Scrimmage Kicks) 108 Out of Bounds Player (Scrimmage Kicks) 110 Out-of-Bounds Spot (Spots) 65
Passing (Passes) 62 Pass Interference: Summary (Forward Pass) 129 Penalty Declined (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 100 Penalty Resulting in New Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 100 Period between games: officials (Status of BAFA games) 189 Period between games: teams (Status of BAFA games) 188 Personal Foul (Foul and Violation) 57 Persons Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 37 Philosophy (Philosophy and rationale) 173 Place Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 60 Planned Loose Ball (The Scrimmage) 121 Play-Clock Count (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 95 Play Clock (Timing Devices) 69 Player Ejection (Flagrant Fouls) 162 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) 105 Player Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 96 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 (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 54 Possession Series (Series and Possession Series) 64 Possible sanctions (Sanctions) 186 Postscrimmage Kick Enforcement (Enforcement Procedures) 168 Postscrimmage Kick Spot (Spots) 65 Previous Spot (Spots) 64 Procedure for Delaying the Start of a Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 184 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 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 Pylons (The Field) 42
Rationale (Philosophy and rationale) 173 Receiving Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 106 Recommended Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 46 Referee microphone (Players and Playing Equipment) 52 Referee's Notification (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 84 Removing persons from the playing enclosure (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 157 Replaced Player (Team and Player Designations) 67 Requesting a review (Scope of the video judge) 173 Responsibilities 172 Responsibility (Responsibility and Impetus) 141 Restraining Lines (Free Kicks) 102 Restraining Lines (Lines) 59 Result of the Play (Play Classification) 70 Return Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 61 Reviewable plays (Scope of the video judge) 174 Roughing or Running into Kicker or Holder (Personal Fouls) 150 Roughing the Passer (Personal Fouls) 148 Rules Decisions Final (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 101 Runner and Ball Carrier (Team and Player Designations) 67 Running Play and Run (Play Classification) 69
Scoring Plays (Value of Scores) 133 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) 178 Series (Series and Possession Series) 64 Shift 63 Shift and False Start (The Scrimmage) 116 Sidelines (Lines) 59 Side Zone (Field Areas) 70 Simultaneous Catch or Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 56 Simultaneous with Snap (Penalties Completed) 163 Snap After a Touchback (Touchback) 140 Snapper (Team and Player Designations) 67 Snapping the Ball 64 Special Enforcement of Post-Possession Fouls (Enforcement Procedures) 171 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) 67 Starting and Stopping the Clock (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 78 Starting with a Snap (The Scrimmage) 116 Stewards (Game Personnel) 182 Striking Fouls and Tripping (Personal Fouls) 142 Substitute (Team and Player Designations) 67 Substitution Procedures (Substitutions) 88 Succeeding Spot (Spots) 64 Suspending the game (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 81
Tackle Box 71 Targeting 71 Targeting and Making Forcible Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player (Personal Fouls) 143 Targeting and Making Forcible Contact With the Crown of the Helmet (Personal Fouls) 143 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) 131 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 221 The Field (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 183 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; Illegal Touching (Free Kicks) 103 Touching (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 58 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 109
Unfair Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 155 Unfair Clock Tactics (Delays/Clock Tactics) 86 Unfair Tactics (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 154 Unsportsmanlike Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 152 Use of Hands or Arms by Defense: Passing Downs (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 159
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) 184 When Ball is Ready for Play (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 53 When Declared (Touchback) 140 When to Award Series (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 98 Who May Block (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 157 Winning Team and Final Score (General Provisions) 37
Yard Lines (Lines) 59
Editor: Jim Briggs, BAFA/BAFRA Rules Committee
rules@bafra.org