Index of Rules and Interpretations

10-second Runoff from Game Clock -- Common Procedures (Delays/Clock Tactics) 101 10-second Runoff from Game Clock - Foul (Delays/Clock Tactics) 100 10-second Runoff Summary (Delays/Clock Tactics) 101

Access to Officials (Miscellaneous) 207 Administration and Enforcement (The Ball) 51 After the Ball is Snapped (Backward Pass and Fumble) 137 Age groups (Status of BAFA games) 209 All Become Eligible (Scrimmage Kicks) 121 Approved Rulings and Official's Signals 62 At Rest (Backward Pass and Fumble) 138 Authority to impose sanctions (Sanctions) 208

BAFA game (Status of BAFA games) 209 Ball Dead in End Zone (Free Kicks) 118 Ball Declared Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 107 Ball Ready for Play (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 109 Basic Spot (Spots) 75 Batting a Backward Pass in Flight (Batting and Kicking) 180 Batting a Loose Ball (Batting and Kicking) 179 Batting Ball in Possession (Batting and Kicking) 180 Batting (Fumble, Muff; Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 67 Behind the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 120 Belongs To (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 64 Below Waist (Blocking) 63 Between Downs (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 65 Beyond the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 121 Blind-side block (Blocking) 63 Blind-side block (Personal Fouls) 168 Blocking a Scrimmage Kick (Fumble, Muff; Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 68 Blocking Below the Waist (Personal Fouls) 161 Blocking (Blocking) 62 Blocking in the Back (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 178 Block in the Back (Blocking) 63 Boundary Lines (Lines) 68

Catchable Forward Pass (Passes) 73 Catch, Interception, Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 64 Catch or Recovery by Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 122 Catch or Recovery by Receiving Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 122 Caught or Recovered (Backward Pass and Fumble) 137 Ceremonies (Miscellaneous) 208 Changing Rooms (Changing Facilities) 199 Charged Team Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 93 Chop Block (Blocking) 63 Chop Blocking (Personal Fouls) 164 Clipping 65 Clipping (Personal Fouls) 160 Coaches' Certification (Players and Playing Equipment) 58 Coaches' Phones (Players and Playing Equipment) 60 Coach (Team and Player Designations) 78 Competition Notification (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 207 Complete Pass (Forward Pass) 141 Concussion protocol (Medical Provision) 199 Contact Against an Opponent Out of the Play (Personal Fouls) 165 Contact Against the Snapper (Personal Fouls) 166 Contacting an Official (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 174 Continued Participation Without Helmet (Personal Fouls) 168 Continuity of Downs Broken (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 112 Controlled scrimmage (Status of BAFA games) 209 Criteria for reversing an on-field ruling (Procedures) 195 Crosses Neutral Zone (Passes) 72

Dead Ball Becomes Alive (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 105 Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 183 Dead-Ball Spot (Spots) 75 Dead Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 62 Dead Where Caught (Fair Catch) 127 Defenseless player (Team and Player Designations) 78 Defensive Linemen on Scrimmage Kick Plays (Scrimmage Kicks) 125 Defensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 135 Delaying the Start of a Half (Delays/Clock Tactics) 98 Determining the Enforcement Spot and the Basic Spot (Enforcement Procedures) 185 Dimensions and Markings (The Field) 43 Disqualified players and coaches (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 175 Disqualified Player (Team and Player Designations) 77 Down (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 65 Drop Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 70 During Live Ball (Backward Pass and Fumble) 137

Eligibility Gained or Regained (Forward Pass) 141 Eligibility Lost by Going Out of Bounds (Forward Pass) 140 Eligibility to Block (Free Kicks) 119 Eligibility to Touch Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 140 Encroachment (Encroachment and Offside) 71 End Lines (Lines) 68 End Zones (Field Areas) 80 Enforcement Spots (Enforcement Procedures) 184 Enforcement Spot (Spots) 74 Equipment and personnel (Procedures) 194 Explictly reviewable fouls (Scope of the video judge) 193 Extension of Periods (Playing Time and Intermissions) 86 Extra Periods (Start of Each Period) 83

Fair Catch (Fair Catch) 66 Field Goal Attempt (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 71 Field of Play (Field Areas) 80 Field Surface (The Field) 49 Fighting 180, 80 Flagrant Personal Foul (Foul and Violation) 67 Flagrant Personal Fouls (Personal Fouls) 158 Forced Touching Disregarded (Free Kicks) 118 Forced Touching Disregarded (Scrimmage Kicks) 121 Forfeited Games (Value of Scores) 148 Forward and Backward Pass (Passes) 72 Forward, Beyond (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 66 Forward passer (Team and Player Designations) 77 Forward Pass Play (Play Classification) 79 Forward Progress (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 111 Forward Progress (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 66 Foul After Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 113 Foul Against Kicker (Free Kicks) 118 Foul Before Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 113 Foul Between Downs (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 113 Foul Between Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 114 Foul During Free Kick Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 113 Foul (Foul and Violation) 67 Foul Not Called (Flagrant Fouls) 181 Fouls After a Try (Try Down) 153 Fouls by Both Teams (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 114 Fouls By Kicking Team (Free Kicks) 118 Fouls By Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 124 Fouls by Team A During Kicks (Enforcement Procedures) 188 Fouls During a Try After a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 152 Fouls During a Try Before a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 151 Fouls During or After a Touchdown, Field Goal or Try (Enforcement Procedures) 188 Frame of the body (Blocking) 63 Free-blocking zone (Blocking) 63 Free Kick at Rest (Free Kicks) 118 Free Kick Caught or Recovered (Free Kicks) 118 Free Kick Formation (Free Kicks) 115 Free Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 70 Free Kick Play (Play Classification) 79 Fumble (Fumble, Muff; Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 67

Game Administration and Sideline Interference (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 174 Game Clock (Timing Devices) 79 Game management and competition authority (Game Personnel) 204 Game Management (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 205 Game Officials (General Provisions) 42 Game Supervision (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 205 General Principle (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 204 Goal Lines and Pylons (Lines) 68 Goal Lines (General Provisions) 42 Goals (The Field) 46

Half-Distance Enforcement Procedures (Enforcement Procedures) 190 Handing the Ball 69 Handing the Ball Forward (The Scrimmage) 136 Hash Marks (Lines) 69 Healthcare practitioners (Medical Provision) 197 Held Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 109 Helmet and Face Mask Fouls (Personal Fouls) 163 Helmet Comes Off - Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 97 Holding and Use of Hands or Arms: Defense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 177 Holding and Use of Hands or Arms: Offense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 176 Horse-Collar Tackle (Personal Fouls) 166 How and When Completed (Penalties Completed) 182 How Scored (Field Goal) 153 How Scored (Safety) 154 How Scored (Touchdown) 148 How Scored (Try Down) 149 Hurdling 69 Hurdling (Personal Fouls) 165

Illegal Block or Contact (Fair Catch) 129 Illegal Contact and Pass Interference (Forward Pass) 143 Illegal Delay of the Game (Delays/Clock Tactics) 98 Illegal equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 56 Illegal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 138 Illegally Kicking a Ball (Batting and Kicking) 180 Illegal Touching (Forward Pass) 147 Illegal Wedge Formation (Free Kicks) 118 Inbounds Spot (Spots) 75 Incomplete Pass (Forward Pass) 142 Ineligible Receiver Downfield (Forward Pass) 146 Information provision (Procedures) 195 Initial Impetus (Responsibility and Impetus) 157 Initiating review (Procedures) 195 Injured players (Scope of the video judge) 194 Injury Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 94 Instructions to Stadium Game Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 201 Instructions to Stadium Play Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 202 Interference with Opportunity (Opportunity to Catch a Kick) 125 Interfering for or Helping the Ball Carrier or Passer (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 175 Interval Fouls (Penalties Completed) 184 Invalid Signal (Fair Catch) 66 Invalid Signals: Catch or Recovery (Fair Catch) 129

Jersey Design, Colour and Numerals (Players and Playing Equipment) 54 Jurisdiction 191

Kick After Safety (Safety) 156 Kicker and Holder (Team and Player Designations) 76 Kicking Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 119 Kicking the Ball; Legal and Illegal Kicks (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 69 Kickoff (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 70

Late Hit, Action Out of Bounds (Personal Fouls) 163 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 123 Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 138 Legal Substitutions (Substitutions) 101 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Playing Time and Intermissions) 85 Length of Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 96 Leverage and Leaping (Personal Fouls) 165 Liaison with Game Personnel (Game Personnel) 203 Licensed coach (Status of BAFA games) 209 Licensed official (Status of BAFA games) 209 Limit Lines (The Field) 45 Lineman and Back (Team and Player Designations) 76 Line-to-Gain and Down Indicators (The Field) 48 Line to Gain (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 111 Live Ball Becomes Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 105 Live-Ball - Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 183 Live-Ball Fouls by the Same Team (Penalties Completed) 182 Live Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 62 Loose Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 110 Loose Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 62 Loose Behind the Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 123 Loss of down (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 65

Mandatory and Illegal Equipment Enforcement (Players and Playing Equipment) 57 Mandatory equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 53 Markers or Obstructions (The Field) 49 Marking Balls (The Ball) 52 Marking Boundary Areas (The Field) 45 Medical Requirement Administration (Medical Provision) 198 Minimum Medical Requirements (Medical Provision) 197 Minimum Standards for Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 200 Minimum Standards for Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 200 Minimum time for a play after spiking the ball (Playing Time and Intermissions) 89 More than eleven players on the field (Substitutions) 103 Muff (Fumble, Muff; Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 67

Next Play (Field Goal) 153 Next Play (Try Down) 153 Nine-Yard Marks (Lines) 69 No Advance (Fair Catch) 128 No Tackling (Fair Catch) 130

Offensive and Defensive Teams (Team and Player Designations) 76 Offensive Team Requirements -- At the Snap (The Scrimmage) 133 Offensive Team Requirements -- Prior to the Snap (The Scrimmage) 132 Officials' Assistants (Game Personnel) 202 Offsetting Fouls (Penalties Completed) 182 Offside on a free kick play (Encroachment and Offside) 72 Offside on a scrimmage play (Encroachment and Offside) 71 Opportunity to Score (Try Down) 150 Optional equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 56 Out of Bounds at Forward Point (Out of Bounds) 110 Out of Bounds (Backward Pass and Fumble) 137 Out of Bounds Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 122 Out of Bounds Between Goal Lines or at Rest Inbounds (Scrimmage Kicks) 122 Out of Bounds Player (Scrimmage Kicks) 124 Out-of-Bounds Spot (Spots) 75

Participant not on roster (Status of BAFA games) 210 Passing (Passes) 72 Pass Interference: Summary (Forward Pass) 145 Penalty Declined (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 113 Penalty Resulting in New Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 113 Period between games: officials (Status of BAFA games) 211 Period between games: teams (Status of BAFA games) 211 Personal Foul (Foul and Violation) 67 Persons Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 42 Philosophy (Philosophy and rationale) 192 Place Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 70 Planned Loose Ball (The Scrimmage) 137 Play-Clock Count (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 109 Play Clock (Timing Devices) 79 Player Disqualification (Flagrant Fouls) 181 Player Out of Bounds and In Bounds (Team and Player Designations) 78 Player Out of Bounds (Free Kicks) 119 Player Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 109 Players' Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 53 Player (Team and Player Designations) 77 Player Vacancy (Team and Player Designations) 77 Playing Enclosure (Field Areas) 80 Playing games (Status of BAFA games) 209 Playing Surface (Field Areas) 80 Possession (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 63 Possession Series (Series and Possession Series) 74 Possible sanctions (Sanctions) 208 Postscrimmage Kick Enforcement (Enforcement Procedures) 187 Postscrimmage Kick Spot (Spots) 75 Pregame, First and Third Periods (Start of Each Period) 82 Previous Spot (Spots) 74 Principles (Prosthetics) 211 Procedure for Delaying the Start of a Game (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 206 Procedure for Suspending the Game (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 206 Procedure (Prosthetics) 211 Procedures for Operating Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 201 Procedures for Operating Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 201 Prohibited Field Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 59 Prohibited Signal Devices (Players and Playing Equipment) 59 Public Address Announcers (Miscellaneous) 207 Punt (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 70 Pylons (The Field) 48

Rationale (Philosophy and rationale) 192 Receiving Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 120 Recommended Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 53 Referee communication (Players and Playing Equipment) 60 Referee's Notification (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 96 Removing persons from the playing enclosure (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 175 Replaced Player (Team and Player Designations) 77 Requesting a review (Scope of the video judge) 192 Responsibilities 191 Responsibility (Responsibility and Impetus) 156 Restraining Lines (Free Kicks) 115 Restraining Lines (Lines) 68 Result of the Play (Play Classification) 80 Return Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 71 Reviewable plays (Scope of the video judge) 193 Roughing or Running into Kicker or Holder (Personal Fouls) 166 Roughing the Passer (Personal Fouls) 163 Rules Decisions Final (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 114 Runner and Ball Carrier (Team and Player Designations) 77 Running Play and Run (Play Classification) 79

Scoring Plays (Value of Scores) 148 Scrimmage Down (Scrimmage) 73 Scrimmage Kick Formation (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 71 Scrimmage Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 70 Scrimmage Kick Play (Play Classification) 79 Scrimmage Line (Scrimmage) 73 Second and Fourth Periods (Start of Each Period) 83 Security and Access (Changing Facilities) 200 Series (Series and Possession Series) 74 Shift 73 Shift and False Start (The Scrimmage) 131 Sidelines (Lines) 68 Side Zone (Field Areas) 80 Simultaneous Catch or Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 65 Simultaneous with Snap (Penalties Completed) 182 Snap After a Touchback (Touchback) 156 Snapper (Team and Player Designations) 77 Snapping the Ball 73 Special Enforcement of Post-Possession Fouls (Enforcement Procedures) 190 Specifications: Mandatory Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 54 Specifications (The Ball) 50 Spot of the Foul (Spots) 75 Spot Where Kick Ends (Spots) 75 Spot Where Run Ends (Spots) 75 Squad Member (Team and Player Designations) 78 Starting and Stopping the Clock (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 90 Starting with a Snap (The Scrimmage) 131 Stewards (Game Personnel) 204 Striking Fouls and Tripping (Personal Fouls) 158 Substitute (Team and Player Designations) 77 Substitution Procedures (Substitutions) 101 Succeeding Spot (Spots) 74 Suspending the game (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 93

Tackle Box 81 Targeting 81 Targeting and Making Forcible Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player (Personal Fouls) 159 Targeting and Making Forcible Contact With the Crown of the Helmet (Personal Fouls) 159 Team Area and Coaching Box (The Field) 45 Team Arrival (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 204 Team B personal foul and unsportsmanlike conduct during legal forward pass play (Forward Pass) 147 Team Captains (General Provisions) 42 Teams A and B (Team and Player Designations) 76 Teams Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 43 Terms and Conditions 240 The Field (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 205 The Field (Field Areas) 80 The Game (General Provisions) 42 The Neutral Zone 71 Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 89 Timing Adjustments (Playing Time and Intermissions) 86 Timing Devices (Playing Time and Intermissions) 87 Touching and Recovery of a Free Kick; Illegal Touching (Free Kicks) 117 Touching (Fumble, Muff; Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 67 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 123

Unfair Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 173 Unfair Clock Tactics (Delays/Clock Tactics) 99 Unfair Tactics (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 171 Unsportsmanlike Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 168

Valid Signal (Fair Catch) 66 Violation (Foul and Violation) 67 Violation Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 96

Water Carriers (Game Personnel) 203 Weather (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 206 When Ball is Ready for Play (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 62 When Declared (Touchback) 156 When to Award Series (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 111 Who May Block (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 175 Winning Team and Final Score (General Provisions) 42

Yard Lines (Lines) 69


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