10-second Runoff from Game Clock -- Foul (Delays/Clock Tactics) 92 10-second Subtraction from Game Clock -- Common Procedures (Delays/Clock Tactics) 93
Access to Officials (Miscellaneous) 192 Administration and Enforcement (The Ball) 49 After the Ball is Snapped (Backward Pass and Fumble) 128 Age groups (Status of BAFA games) 195 All Become Eligible (Scrimmage Kicks) 113 Approved Rulings and Official's Signals 58 At Rest (Backward Pass and Fumble) 128 Authority to impose sanctions (Sanctions) 193
BAFA game (Status of BAFA games) 194 Ball Dead in End Zone (Free Kicks) 110 Ball Declared Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 98 Ball Ready for Play (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 100 Basic Spot (Spots) 70 Batting a Backward Pass in Flight (Batting and Kicking) 168 Batting a Loose Ball (Batting and Kicking) 167 Batting Ball in Possession (Batting and Kicking) 168 Batting (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 63 Behind the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 112 Belongs To (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 60 Below Waist (Blocking) 59 Between Downs (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 61 Beyond the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 112 Blocking a Scrimmage Kick (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 63 Blocking Below the Waist (Personal Fouls) 151 Blocking (Blocking) 59 Blocking in the Back (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 166 Block in the Back (Blocking) 59 Boundary Lines (Lines) 64
Catchable Forward Pass (Passes) 68 Catch, Interception, Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 60 Catch or Recovery by Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 114 Catch or Recovery by Receiving Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 114 Caught or Recovered (Backward Pass and Fumble) 127 Ceremonies (Miscellaneous) 193 Changing Rooms (Changing Facilities) 185 Charged Team Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 87 Chop Block (Blocking) 59 Chop Blocking (Personal Fouls) 154 Clipping 61 Clipping (Personal Fouls) 150 Coaches' Certification (Players and Playing Equipment) 56 Coaches' Phones (Players and Playing Equipment) 57 Competition Notification (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 192 Complete Pass (Forward Pass) 131 Concussion protocol (Medical Provision) 185 Contact Against an Opponent Out of the Play (Personal Fouls) 155 Contact Against the Snapper (Personal Fouls) 156 Contacting an Official (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 162 Continued Participation Without Helmet (Personal Fouls) 158 Continuity of Downs Broken (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 104 Controlled scrimmage (Status of BAFA games) 194 Criteria for reversing an on-field ruling (Procedures) 182 Crosses Neutral Zone (Passes) 68
Dead Ball Becomes Alive (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 97 Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 171 Dead-Ball Spot (Spots) 69 Dead Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 58 Dead Where Caught (Fair Catch) 119 Defenseless player (Team and Player Designations) 72 Defensive Linemen on Place Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 116 Defensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 126 Definition of coach (Team and Player Designations) 73 Delaying the Start of a Half (Delays/Clock Tactics) 90 Determining the Enforcement Spot and the Basic Spot (Enforcement Procedures) 173 Dimensions and Markings (The Field) 43 Disqualified players and coaches (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 163 Disqualified Player (Team and Player Designations) 72 Down (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 61 Drop Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 65 During Live Ball (Backward Pass and Fumble) 127
Eligibility Gained or Regained (Forward Pass) 131 Eligibility Lost by Going Out of Bounds (Forward Pass) 131 Eligibility to Block (Free Kicks) 110 Eligibility to Touch Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 130 Encroachment (Encroachment and Offside) 67 End Lines (Lines) 64 End Zones (Field Areas) 75 Enforcement Spots (Enforcement Procedures) 172 Enforcement Spot (Spots) 69 Equipment and personnel (Procedures) 182 Explictly reviewable fouls (Scope of the video judge) 181 Extension of Periods (Playing Time and Intermissions) 80 Extra Periods (Start of Each Period) 77
Fair Catch (Fair Catch) 61 Field Goal Attempt (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 66 Field of Play (Field Areas) 75 Field Surface (The Field) 48 Fighting 168, 75 First and Third Periods (Start of Each Period) 77 Flagrant Personal Foul (Foul and Violation) 62 Flagrant Personal Fouls (Personal Fouls) 148 Forced Touching Disregarded (Free Kicks) 109 Forced Touching Disregarded (Scrimmage Kicks) 113 Forfeited Games (Value of Scores) 139 Forward and Backward Pass (Passes) 67 Forward, Beyond (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 62 Forward Passer (Team and Player Designations) 71 Forward Pass Play (Play Classification) 74 Forward Progress (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 103 Forward Progress (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 62 Foul After Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 105 Foul Against Kicker (Free Kicks) 110 Foul Before Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 105 Foul Between Downs (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 105 Foul Between Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 106 Foul During Free Kick Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 105 Foul (Foul and Violation) 62 Foul Not Called (Flagrant Fouls) 169 Fouls After a Try (Try Down) 143 Fouls by Both Teams (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 106 Fouls By Kicking Team (Free Kicks) 110 Fouls By Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 116 Fouls by Team A During Kicks (Enforcement Procedures) 176 Fouls During a Try After a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 143 Fouls During a Try Before a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 142 Fouls During or After a Touchdown, Field Goal or Try (Enforcement Procedures) 176 Frame (of the Body) (Blocking) 59 Free-blocking zone (Blocking) 59 Free Kick at Rest (Free Kicks) 109 Free Kick Caught or Recovered (Free Kicks) 109 Free Kick Formation (Free Kicks) 107 Free Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 65 Free Kick Play (Play Classification) 74 Fumble (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 63
Game Administration and Sideline Interference (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 162 Game Clock (Timing Devices) 73 Game Management (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 190 Game Officials (General Provisions) 42 Game Supervision (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 190 General Principle (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 189 Goal Lines and Pylons (Lines) 63 Goal Lines (General Provisions) 42 Goals (The Field) 46
Half-Distance Enforcement Procedures (Enforcement Procedures) 178 Handing the Ball 64 Handing the Ball Forward (The Scrimmage) 127 Hash Marks (Lines) 64 Held Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 101 Helmet and Face Mask Fouls (Personal Fouls) 153 Helmet Comes Off -- Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 89 Holding and Use of Hands or Arms: Defense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 165 Holding and Use of Hands or Arms: Offense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 164 Horse Collar Tackle (Personal Fouls) 156 How and When Completed (Penalties Completed) 170 How Scored (Field Goal) 144 How Scored (Safety) 145 How Scored (Touchdown) 139 How Scored (Try Down) 140 Huddle 65 Hurdling 65 Hurdling (Personal Fouls) 155
Illegal Block or Contact (Fair Catch) 120 Illegal Contact and Pass Interference (Forward Pass) 133 Illegal Delay of the Game (Delays/Clock Tactics) 91 Illegal equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 54 Illegal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 129 Illegally Kicking a Ball (Batting and Kicking) 168 Illegal Touching (Forward Pass) 137 Illegal Wedge Formation (Free Kicks) 110 Inbounds Spot (Spots) 70 Incomplete Pass (Forward Pass) 133 Ineligible Receiver Downfield (Forward Pass) 137 Information provision (Procedures) 183 Initial Impetus (Responsibility and Impetus) 147 Initiating review (Procedures) 182 Injured players (Scope of the video judge) 182 Injury Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 87 Instructions to Stadium Game Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 187 Instructions to Stadium Play Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 187 Interference with Opportunity (Opportunity to Catch a Kick) 117 Interfering for or Helping the Ball Carrier or Passer (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 164 Interval Fouls (Penalties Completed) 172 Invalid Signal (Fair Catch) 62 Invalid Signals: Catch or Recovery (Fair Catch) 120
Jersey Design, Colour and Numerals (Players and Playing Equipment) 52 Jurisdiction 179
Kick After Safety (Safety) 146 Kicker and Holder (Team and Player Designations) 71 Kicking Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 111 Kicking the Ball; Legal and Illegal Kicks (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 65 Kickoff (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 66
Late Hit, Action Out of Bounds (Personal Fouls) 153 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 114 Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 129 Legal Substitutions (Substitutions) 94 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Playing Time and Intermissions) 79 Length of Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 89 Leverage and Leaping (Personal Fouls) 155 Liaison with Game Personnel (Game Personnel) 189 Licensed coach (Status of BAFA games) 195 Licensed official (Status of BAFA games) 195 Limit Lines (The Field) 45 Lineman and Back (Team and Player Designations) 71 Line-to-Gain and Down Indicators (The Field) 47 Line to Gain (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 103 Live Ball Becomes Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 97 Live-Ball - Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 171 Live-Ball Fouls by the Same Team (Penalties Completed) 170 Live Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 58 Loose Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 101 Loose Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 58 Loose Behind the Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 115 Loss of down (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 61
Mandatory and Illegal Equipment Enforcement (Players and Playing Equipment) 55 Mandatory equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 51 Markers or Obstructions (The Field) 48 Marking Balls (The Ball) 51 Marking Boundary Areas (The Field) 45 Medical Requirement Administration (Medical Provision) 185 Minimum Medical Requirements (Medical Provision) 184 Minimum Standards for Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 186 Minimum Standards for Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 186 More than eleven players on the field (Substitutions) 95 Muff (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 63
Next Play (Field Goal) 144 Next Play (Try Down) 143 Nine-Yard Marks (Lines) 64 No Advance (Fair Catch) 119 No Tackling (Fair Catch) 120
Offensive and Defensive Teams (Team and Player Designations) 71 Offensive Team Requirements -- At the Snap (The Scrimmage) 124 Offensive Team Requirements -- Prior to the Snap (The Scrimmage) 123 Officials' Assistants (Game Personnel) 188 Offsetting Fouls (Penalties Completed) 170 Offside on a free kick play (Encroachment and Offside) 67 Offside on a scrimmage play (Encroachment and Offside) 67 Opportunity to Score (Try Down) 141 Optional equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 54 Out of Bounds at Forward Point (Out of Bounds) 102 Out of Bounds (Backward Pass and Fumble) 128 Out of Bounds Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 114 Out of Bounds Between Goal Lines or at Rest Inbounds (Scrimmage Kicks) 114 Out of Bounds Player (Scrimmage Kicks) 115 Out-of-Bounds Spot (Spots) 70
Passing (Passes) 67 Pass Interference: Summary (Forward Pass) 136 Penalty Declined (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 105 Penalty Resulting in New Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 105 Period between games: officials (Status of BAFA games) 196 Period between games: teams (Status of BAFA games) 195 Personal Foul (Foul and Violation) 62 Persons Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 42 Philosophy (Philosophy and rationale) 180 Place Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 65 Planned Loose Ball (The Scrimmage) 127 Play-Clock Count (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 101 Play Clock (Timing Devices) 74 Player Ejection (Flagrant Fouls) 169 Player not on roster (Roster form breaches) 194 Player Out of Bounds and In Bounds (Team and Player Designations) 73 Player Out of Bounds (Free Kicks) 110 Player Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 101 Players' Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 51 Player (Team and Player Designations) 72 Player Vacancy (Team and Player Designations) 72 Playing Enclosure (Field Areas) 75 Playing games (Status of BAFA games) 195 Playing Surface (Field Areas) 75 Possession (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 59 Possession Series (Series and Possession Series) 69 Possible sanctions (Sanctions) 193 Postscrimmage Kick Enforcement (Enforcement Procedures) 175 Postscrimmage Kick Spot (Spots) 70 Previous Spot (Spots) 69 Procedure for Delaying the Start of a Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 191 Procedure for Suspending the Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 192 Procedures for Operating Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 186 Procedures for Operating Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 187 Prohibited Field Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 56 Prohibited Signal Devices (Players and Playing Equipment) 56 Public Address Announcers (Miscellaneous) 192 Punt (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 65 Pylons (The Field) 47
Rationale (Philosophy and rationale) 180 Receiving Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 111 Recommended Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 51 Referee microphone (Players and Playing Equipment) 57 Referee's Notification (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 89 Removing persons from the playing enclosure (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 164 Replaced Player (Team and Player Designations) 72 Requesting a review (Scope of the video judge) 180 Responsibilities 179 Responsibility (Responsibility and Impetus) 147 Restraining Lines (Free Kicks) 107 Restraining Lines (Lines) 64 Result of the Play (Play Classification) 74 Return Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 66 Reviewable plays (Scope of the video judge) 181 Roughing or Running into Kicker or Holder (Personal Fouls) 156 Roughing the Passer (Personal Fouls) 153 Rules Decisions Final (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 106 Runner and Ball Carrier (Team and Player Designations) 72 Running Play and Run (Play Classification) 74
Scoring Plays (Value of Scores) 139 Scrimmage Down (Scrimmage) 68 Scrimmage Kick Formation (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 66 Scrimmage Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 66 Scrimmage Kick Play (Play Classification) 74 Scrimmage Line (Scrimmage) 68 Second and Fourth Periods (Start of Each Period) 77 Security and Access (Changing Facilities) 185 Series (Series and Possession Series) 69 Shift 68 Shift and False Start (The Scrimmage) 122 Sidelines (Lines) 63 Side Zone (Field Areas) 75 Simultaneous Catch or Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 61 Simultaneous with Snap (Penalties Completed) 170 Snap After a Touchback (Touchback) 147 Snapper (Team and Player Designations) 72 Snapping the Ball 68 Special Enforcement of Post-Possession Fouls (Enforcement Procedures) 178 Specifications: Mandatory Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 52 Specifications (The Ball) 49 Spot of the Foul (Spots) 69 Spot Where Kick Ends (Spots) 70 Spot Where Run Ends (Spots) 70 Squad Member (Team and Player Designations) 72 Starting and Stopping the Clock (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 83 Starting with a Snap (The Scrimmage) 122 Stewards (Game Personnel) 189 Striking Fouls and Tripping (Personal Fouls) 148 Substitute (Team and Player Designations) 72 Substitution Procedures (Substitutions) 93 Succeeding Spot (Spots) 69 Suspending the game (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 86
Tackle Box 75 Targeting 76 Targeting and Making Forcible Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player (Personal Fouls) 149 Targeting and Making Forcible Contact With the Crown of the Helmet (Personal Fouls) 149 Team Area and Coaching Box (The Field) 45 Team Arrival (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 190 Team B personal foul during legal forward pass play (Forward Pass) 138 Team Captains (General Provisions) 42 Teams A and B (Team and Player Designations) 71 Teams Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 43 Terms and Conditions 227 The Field (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 190 The Field (Field Areas) 75 The Game (General Provisions) 42 The Neutral Zone 66 Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 83 Timing Adjustments (Playing Time and Intermissions) 80 Timing Devices (Playing Time and Intermissions) 81 Touching and Recovery of a Free Kick; Illegal Touching (Free Kicks) 109 Touching (Fumble, Muff, Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 63 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 114
Unfair Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 161 Unfair Clock Tactics (Delays/Clock Tactics) 91 Unfair Tactics (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 160 Unsportsmanlike Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 158 Use of Hands or Arms by Defense: Passing Downs (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 166
Valid Signal (Fair Catch) 62 Violation (Foul and Violation) 62 Violation Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 88
Water Carriers (Game Personnel) 189 Weather (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 191 When Ball is Ready for Play (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 58 When Declared (Touchback) 146 When to Award Series (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 103 Who May Block (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 164 Winning Team and Final Score (General Provisions) 42
Yard Lines (Lines) 64
Editor: Jim Briggs, BAFA/BAFRA Rules Committee
rules@bafra.org