15-yard penalties (5 on 5 football) 188 30-second clock (5 on 5 football) 185 Access to Officials (Miscellaneous) 177 Additional penalties as a result of an appeal (Penalties) 21 Administration and Enforcement (The Ball) 39 After the Ball is Snapped (Backward Pass and Fumble) 111 Age groups (Status of BAFA games) 181 All Become Eligible (Scrimmage Kicks) 97 Appointments (Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings) 24 Approved Ruling and Officials' Signals 51 At Rest (Backward Pass and Fumble) 112 Authority for competitions to impose sanctions (Sanctions) 178 Backward passes and handoffs (5 on 5 football) 186 BAFA game (Status of BAFA games) 180 Ball Declared Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 83 Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 85 Ball Ready for Play (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 84 Basic principles 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 Basic Spot (Spots) 63 Batting a Backward Pass (Batting and Kicking) 148 Batting a Loose Ball (Batting and Kicking) 147 Batting Ball in Possession (Batting and Kicking) 148 Batting (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 56 Behind the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 96 Belongs To (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 52 Below Waist (Blocking) 53 Between Downs (Down and Between Downs) 55 Beyond the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 96 Blitz (5 on 5 football) 184 Blocking a Scrimmage Kick (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 56 Blocking Below the Waist (replacement for rule 9-1-2-e) (Youth Football) 183 Blocking (Blocking) 53 Blocking Zone (Blocking) 54 Block in the Back (Blocking) 54 Boundary Lines (Lines) 57 Catchable Forward Pass (Passes) 61 Catch, Interception, Recovery (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 52 Catch or Recovery by Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 98 Catch or Recovery by Receiving Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 98 Caught or Recovered (Backward Pass and Fumble) 111 Ceremonies (Miscellaneous) 177 Change of possession (5 on 5 football) 188 Changing Rooms (Changing Facilities) 170 Charged Team Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 76 Chop Block (Blocking) 53 Clipping 54 Coaches' Certification (Players and Playing Equipment) 47 Coaches' Phones (Players and Playing Equipment) 48 Code of conduct (Basic principles) 15 Competition Notification (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 177 Complete Pass (Forward Pass) 115 Contacting an Official (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 142 Contact Interference (Forward Pass) 120 Continuity of Downs Broken (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 88 Contrasting Colours (Players and Playing Equipment) 42 Controlled scrimmage (Status of BAFA games) 180 Criterion for Reversal (Reversing an On-Field Ruling) 169 Crosses Neutral Zone (Passes) 60 Dead Ball and Loose Ball (Reviewable Plays) 163 Dead Ball Becomes Alive (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 83 Dead-ball fouls (5 on 5 football) 188 Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 152 Dead-Ball Spot (Spots) 62 Dead Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 51 Dead Where Caught (Fair Catch) 101 Defensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 109 Definition of coach (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 180 Delaying the Start of a Half (Delays) 79 Determining the Enforcement Spot (Enforcement Procedures) 153 Dimensions (The Field) 33 Disqualified Player (Team and Player Designations) 65 Down (Down and Between Downs) 54 Downs (5 on 5 football) 186 Drop Kick (Kicks) 58 During Live Ball (Backward Pass and Fumble) 111 Eligibility Gained or Regained (Forward Pass) 114 Eligibility Lost by Going Out of Bounds (Forward Pass) 114 Eligibility to touch a forward pass (5 on 5 football) 187 Eligibility to Touch Legal Pass (Forward Pass) 114 Encroachment (Encroachment and Offside) 59 End Lines (Lines) 57 End Zones (Field Areas) 67 Enforcement On Try Down (5 on 5 football) 189 Enforcement Spots (Enforcement Procedures) 153 Enforcement Spot (Spots) 62 Equipment (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 167 Extension of Periods (Playing Time and Intermissions) 71 Extra periods (5 on 5 football) 189 Extra Periods (Start of Each Period) 68 Fair Catch (Fair Catch) 55 Field Goal Attempt (Kicks) 59 Field of Play (Field Areas) 67 Field Surface (The Field) 38 Fighting 148, 149, 67 First and Third Periods (Start of Each Period) 68 Flagrant Fouls (Contact and Interference Fouls) 132 Forced Touching Disregarded (Free Kicks) 94 Forced Touching Disregarded (Scrimmage Kicks) 97 Forfeited Games (Value of Scores) 122 Forward and Backward Pass (Passes) 60 Forward, Beyond (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 55 Forward passes (5 on 5 football) 187 Forward Pass Play (Play Classification) 66 Forward Progress (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 87 Forward Progress (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 55 Foul After Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 89 Foul Before Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 89 Foul Between Downs (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 90 Foul Between Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 90 Foul During Free Kick Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 89 Foul (Foul and Violation) 55 Fouls After a Try (Try Down) 126 Fouls by Both Teams (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 90 Fouls By Kicking Team (Free Kicks) 94 Fouls By Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 100 Fouls by Team A During Kicks (Enforcement Procedures) 157 Fouls During a Try After a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 126 Fouls During a Try Before a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 125 Fouls During or After a Touchdown, Field Goal or Try (Enforcement Procedures) 157 Fouls Not Called (Flagrant Personal Fouls) 149 Frame (of the Body) (Blocking) 54 Free Kick at Rest (Free Kicks) 94 Free Kick Caught or Recovered (Free Kicks) 94 Free Kick Formation (Free Kicks) 92 Free Kick (Kicks) 58 Free Kick Play (Play Classification) 66 Fumble (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 56 Game Administration Interference (Contact and Interference Fouls) 139 Game clock (5 on 5 football) 185 Game Clock (Timing Devices) 66 Game Management (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 175 Game regulations 19, 20 Game Stop (Initiating the Replay Process) 167 Game Supervision (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 175 General principle (5 on 5 football) 183 General Principle (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 174 General principles (Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings) 23 General Principle (Youth Football) 183 Goal Lines (General Provisions) 32 Goal Lines (Lines) 56 Goals (5 on 5 football) 184 Goals (The Field) 36 Half-distance (5 on 5 football) 188 Half-Distance Enforcement Procedures (Enforcement Procedures) 159 Handing the Ball 57 Handing the Ball Forward (The Scrimmage) 110 Held Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 85 How and When Completed (Penalties Completed) 150 How Scored (Field Goal) 126 How Scored (Safety) 128 How Scored (Touchdown) 122 How Scored (Try Down) 123 Hurdling 58 Illegal Block or Contact (Fair Catch) 103 Illegal Contact and Pass Interference (Forward Pass) 117 Illegal Delay of the Game (Delays) 80 Illegal Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 44 Illegal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 112 Illegal Interference (Contact and Interference Fouls) 138 Illegally Kicking a Ball (Batting and Kicking) 148 Illegal Touching (Forward Pass) 121 Inbounds Lines (Hash Marks) (Lines) 57 Inbounds Spot (Spots) 63 Incident reports (Game regulations) 19 Incomplete Pass (Forward Pass) 116 Ineligible Downfield (Forward Pass) 121 Initial Impetus (Responsibility and Impetus) 130 Initiating Contact/Targeting an Opponent (Contact and Interference Fouls) 136 Initiating Contact/Targeting an Opponent (Flagrant Personal Fouls) 149 Injury Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 77 In Possession (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 52 Instructions to Stadium Game Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 172 Instructions to Stadium Play Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 172 Interference with Opportunity (Opportunity to Catch a Kick) 100 Interfering for or Helping the Ball Carrier or Passer (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 143 Interval Fouls (Penalties Completed) 153 Invalid Signal (Fair Catch) 55 Invalid Signals (Fair Catch) 102 Jurisdiction (Basic principles) 16 Kick After Safety (Safety) 129 Kicker and Holder (Team and Player Designations) 64 Kicking Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 94 Kickoff (Kicks) 59 Kicks (5 on 5 football) 185 Kicks (Reviewable Plays) 164 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Kicks) 58 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 99 Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 112 Legal Substitutions (Substitutions) 81 Length of Periods (amendment to rule 3-2-1) (Youth Football) 183 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 180 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Playing Time and Intermissions) 71 Length of Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 78 Liaison with Game Personnel (Game Personnel) 174 Licenced coach (Status of BAFA games) 181 Licenced official (Status of BAFA games) 181 Limitations on Reviewable Plays (Reviewable Plays) 166 Limit Lines (The Field) 34 Lineman and Back (Team and Player Designations) 64 Line to gain (5 on 5 football) 184 Line-to-Gain and Down Indicators (The Field) 37 Line to Gain (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 87 Live Ball Becomes Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 83 Live-Ball - Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 152 Live-ball fouls (5 on 5 football) 188 Live-Ball Fouls by the Same Team (Penalties Completed) 150 Live Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 51 Location (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 167 Loose Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 51 Loose Behind the Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 99 Mandatory and Illegal Equipment Enforcement (Players and Playing Equipment) 46 Mandatory Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 43 Markers and Obstructions (The Field) 38 Marking Balls (The Ball) 41 Marking Boundary Areas (The Field) 34 Medical Requirement Administration (Medical Provision) 50 Minimum Medical Requirements (Medical Provision) 48 Minimum Standards for Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 170 Minimum Standards for Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 171 Miscellaneous (Reviewable Plays) 165 Muff (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 56 Next Play (Field Goal) 127 Next Play (Try Down) 126 Nine-Yard Marks (Lines) 57 No Advance (5 on 5 football) 186 No Advance (Fair Catch) 102 No-run zone (5 on 5 football) 185 No Tackling (Fair Catch) 104 Not Outside an Inbounds Line (The Scrimmage) 105 Numbering and formations (5 on 5 football) 187 Offensive and Defensive Teams (Team and Player Designations) 64 Offensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 105 Officials' Assistants (Game Personnel) 173 Offsetting Fouls (Penalties Completed) 150 Offside (Encroachment and Offside) 60 Opportunity to Score (Try Down) 123 Out of Bounds at Forward Point (Out of Bounds) 86 Out of Bounds (Backward Pass and Fumble) 112 Out of Bounds Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 98 Out of Bounds Between Goal Lines or at Rest Inbounds (Scrimmage Kicks) 98 Out of Bounds Player (Scrimmage Kicks) 100 Out-of-Bounds Spot (Spots) 63 Participation (Eligibility for Instant Replay) 161 Passer (Team and Player Designations) 64 Passes (Reviewable Plays) 162 Passing (Passes) 60 Penalties 20, 21, 22 Penalties for disqualification from a game (Penalties) 20 Penalties for other breaches (Penalties) 21 Penalties for roster form breaches (Penalties) 21 Penalty Declined (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 89 Penalty enforcement (5 on 5 football) 188 Penalty Resulting in First Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 89 Period between games (Status of BAFA games) 182 Personal fouls (5 on 5 football) 188 Personnel (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 166 Persons Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 33 Persons Subject to the Rules Restrictions (Contact and Interference Fouls) 132 Philosophy (Purpose and Philosophy) 161 Place Kick (Kicks) 58 Planned Loose Ball (The Scrimmage) 111 Play-Clock Count (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 85 Play Clock (Timing Devices) 66 Player Ejection (Flagrant Personal Fouls) 149 Player Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 85 Player Restrictions (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 146 Player's Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 41 Player (Team and Player Designations) 65 Player Vacancy (Team and Player Designations) 65 Playing Enclosure (Field Areas) 67 Playing games (Status of BAFA games) 181 Playing Surface (Field Areas) 67 Playing time (5 on 5 football) 185 Possession Series (Series and Possession Series) 62 Possible sanctions (Sanctions) 178 Postscrimmage Kick Enforcement (Enforcement Procedures) 156 Postscrimmage Kick Spot (Spots) 63 Previous Spot (Spots) 62 Principles of natural justice (Basic principles) 17 Procedure for Delaying the Start of a Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 176 Procedure for Suspending the Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 176 Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings 23, 24 Procedures for Operating Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 171 Procedures for Operating Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 172 Procedures for reviewing cases (Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings) 24 Procedures (Reviewing an On-field Ruling) 168 Prohibited Field Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 47 Prohibited Signal Devices (Players and Playing Equipment) 47 Public Address Announcers (Miscellaneous) 177 Punt (Kicks) 58 Purpose (Purpose and Philosophy) 161 Putting the ball in play (5 on 5 football) 186 Pylons (The Field) 37 Receiving Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 95 Recommended Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 41 Referee's Notification (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 79 Registration and rosters (Game regulations) 19 Relocated by penalty (5 on 5 football) 188 Removing persons from the field (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 179 Replaced Player (Team and Player Designations) 65 Responsibilities 160 Responsibility (Responsibility and Impetus) 130 Restraining Lines (Free Kicks) 92 Restraining Lines (Lines) 57 Restrictions (Reviewing an On-field Ruling) 169 Return Kick (Kicks) 59 Rosters (5 on 5 football) 189 Roughing or Running into Kicker or Holder (Contact and Interference Fouls) 137 Rules Decisions Final (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 91 Runner and Ball Carrier (Team and Player Designations) 65 Running Play (Play Classification) 66 Scope and definitions (Basic principles) 14 Scoring (5 on 5 football) 187 Scoring Plays (amendment to rule 8-1-1) (Youth Football) 183 Scoring Plays (Reviewable Plays) 161 Scoring Plays (Value of Scores) 122 Scrimmage Kick Formation (Kicks) 59 Scrimmage Kick (Kicks) 59 Scrimmage Kick Play (Play Classification) 66 Scrimmage Line (Scrimmage) 61 Scrimmage (Scrimmage) 61 Second and Fourth Periods (Start of Each Period) 68 Security and Access (Changing Facilities) 170 Series (Series and Possession Series) 62 Shifts and False Starts (The Scrimmage) 108 Sidelines (Lines) 56 Simultaneous Catch or Recovery (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 53 Simultaneous with Snap (Penalties Completed) 150 Snap After a Touchback (Touchback) 130 Snapper (Team and Player Designations) 65 Snapping the Ball 61 Specifications (The Ball) 39 Specific principles for appeals (Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings) 23 Sportsmanship (5 on 5 football) 189 Spot of the Foul (Spots) 62 Spot Where Kick Ends (Spots) 63 Spot Where Run Ends (Spots) 63 Squad Member (Team and Player Designations) 65 Starting and Stopping the Clock (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 74 Starting with a Snap (The Scrimmage) 105 Start of each half (5 on 5 football) 185 Status of the BAFA Disciplinary Code (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 179 Stewards (Game Personnel) 174 Substitute (Team and Player Designations) 65 Substitution Procedures (Substitutions) 81 Succeeding Spot (Spots) 62 Supervision (5 on 5 football) 184 Supervision (General Provisions) 32 Suspending the game (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 76 Suspensions (Penalties) 22 Team Area and Coaching Box (The Field) 35 Team Arrival (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 175 Team Captains (General Provisions) 32 Teams A and B (Team and Player Designations) 64 Teams Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 33 Terms and Conditions 207 The ball (5 on 5 football) 184 The field (5 on 5 football) 184 The Field (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 175 The Field (Field Areas) 67 The game (5 on 5 football) 183 The Game (General Provisions) 32 The Neutral Zone 59 Tiebreaker procedures (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 179 Timeouts (5 on 5 football) 186 Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 73 Timing Adjustments (Playing Time and Intermissions) 71 Timing devices (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 180 Timing Devices (Playing Time and Intermissions) 72 Touching and Recovery of a Free Kick (Free Kicks) 93 Touching (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 56 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Free Kicks) 94 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 98 Tripping (exception to Rules 2-28 and 9-1-2-c) (Youth Football) 183 Unfair Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 142 Unfair Clock Tactics (Delays) 80 Unfair Tactics (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 141 Unsportsmanlike Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 139 Use of Hands or Arms by Defense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 145 Use of Hands or Arms by Offense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 143 Valid Signal (Fair Catch) 55 Violation (Foul and Violation) 56 Violation Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 78 Water Carriers (Game Personnel) 174 Weather (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 176 When Ball is Loose (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 146 When Ball is Ready for Play (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 51 When Declared (Touchback) 129 When to Award Series (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 87 When to Stop a Game (Initiating the Replay Process) 168 Who May Block (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 142 Winning Team and Final Score (General Provisions) 32 Yard Lines (Lines) 57
Editor: Jim Briggs, BAFA/BAFRA Rules Committee
rules@britishamericanfootball.org