10-second Runoff from Game Clock -- Common Procedures (Delays/Clock Tactics) 97 10-second Runoff from Game Clock - Foul (Delays/Clock Tactics) 96 10-second Runoff Summary (Delays/Clock Tactics) 97
Accessibility (Players and Playing Equipment) 57 Access to Officials (Miscellaneous) 197 Administration and Enforcement (The Ball) 48 After the Ball is Snapped (Backward Pass and Fumble) 132 Age groups (Status of BAFA games) 198 All Become Eligible (Scrimmage Kicks) 118 Approved Rulings and Official's Signals 59 At Rest (Backward Pass and Fumble) 132 Authority to impose sanctions (Sanctions) 197
BAFA game (Status of BAFA games) 198 Ball coming out of end zone 257 Ball Dead in End Zone (Free Kicks) 115 Ball Declared Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 103 Ball Ready for Play (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 105 Basic Spot (Spots) 72 Batting a Backward Pass in Flight (Batting and Kicking) 172 Batting a Loose Ball (Batting and Kicking) 170 Batting Ball in Possession (Batting and Kicking) 172 Batting (Fumble, Muff; Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 64 Behind the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 117 Belongs To (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 61 Below Waist (Blocking) 60 Between Downs (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 62 Beyond the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 117 Blind-side block (Blocking) 60 Blind-side block fouls 244 Blind-side block (Personal Fouls) 160 Blocking a Scrimmage Kick (Fumble, Muff; Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 65 Blocking Below the Waist (Personal Fouls) 154 Blocking (Blocking) 59 Blocking in the Back (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 170 Block in the Back (Blocking) 60 Boundary Lines (Lines) 65
Catchable Forward Pass (Passes) 69 Catch, Interception, Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 61 Catch or Recovery by Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 119 Catch or Recovery by Receiving Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 118 Caught or Recovered (Backward Pass and Fumble) 131 Celebrations 250, 253 Ceremonies (Miscellaneous) 197 Chain 256 Changing Rooms (Changing Facilities) 189 Charged Team Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 89 Chop Block (Blocking) 60 Chop block fouls 244 Chop Blocking (Personal Fouls) 157 Clipping 62 Clipping fouls 239, 260 Clipping (Personal Fouls) 153 Clotheslining 238 Coaches' Certification (Players and Playing Equipment) 55 Coaches' Phones, Headsets and Communication Devices (Players and Playing Equipment) 57 Coach (Team and Player Designations) 75 Competition Notification (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 196 Complete Pass (Forward Pass) 135 Concussion protocol (Medical Provision) 188 Conspicuous actions 237 Contact Against an Opponent Out of the Play (Personal Fouls) 158 Contact Against the Snapper (Personal Fouls) 158 Contacting an Official (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 166 Continued Participation Without Helmet (Personal Fouls) 160 Continuity of Downs Broken (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 109 Controlled scrimmage (Status of BAFA games) 198 Criteria for reversing an on-field ruling (Procedures) 185 Crosses Neutral Zone (Passes) 69
Dead Ball Becomes Alive (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 102 Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 174 Dead-Ball Spot (Spots) 71 Dead Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 59 Dead Where Caught (Fair Catch) 123 Defenseless player 243 Defenseless player (Team and Player Designations) 74 Defensive Linemen on Scrimmage Kick Plays (Scrimmage Kicks) 121 Defensive pass interference fouls 241 Defensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 130 Delaying the Start of a Half (Delays/Clock Tactics) 94 Delay of game fouls 245 Determining the Enforcement Spot and the Basic Spot (Enforcement Procedures) 175 Dimensions and Markings (The Field) 40 Disconcerting signals fouls 247 Disqualified players and coaches (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 167 Disqualified Player (Team and Player Designations) 74 Disqualifying foul 243, 245 Dissent 250 Down (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 62 Drop Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 66 During Live Ball (Backward Pass and Fumble) 131
Eligibility Gained or Regained (Forward Pass) 135 Eligibility Lost by Going Out of Bounds (Forward Pass) 135 Eligibility to Block (Free Kicks) 116 Eligibility to Touch Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 134 Eligible receiver 246 Encroachment (Encroachment and Offside) 68 Encroachment foul 247 End Lines (Lines) 65 End Zones (Field Areas) 77 Enforcement Spots (Enforcement Procedures) 175 Enforcement Spot (Spots) 71 Entities Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 40 Equipment and personnel (Procedures) 184 Explicitly reviewable fouls (Scope of instant replay) 183 Extension of Periods (Playing Time and Intermissions) 82 Extra Periods (Start of Each Period) 79
Face mask fouls 243 Failure to wear mandatory equipment 249 Fair Catch (Fair Catch) 62 Fair catch signal 245, 256 False start fouls 237, 246 Field Goal Attempt (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 68 Field markings 256 Field of Play (Field Areas) 76 Field Surface (The Field) 46 Fighting 172, 77 Fighting fouls 253 Flagrant Personal Foul (Foul and Violation) 64 Flagrant Personal Fouls (Personal Fouls) 151 Flagrant unsportsmanlike conduct 252 Forced Touching Disregarded (Free Kicks) 114 Forced Touching Disregarded (Scrimmage Kicks) 118 Forfeited Games (Value of Scores) 142 Forward and Backward Pass (Passes) 69 Forward, Beyond (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 63 Forward passer (Team and Player Designations) 73 Forward Pass Play (Play Classification) 76 Forward Progress (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 108 Forward Progress (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 63 Foul After Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 110 Foul Against Kicker (Free Kicks) 115 Foul Before Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 110 Foul Between Downs (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 110 Foul Between Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 111 Foul During Free Kick Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 110 Foul (Foul and Violation) 64 Foul Not Called (Flagrant Fouls) 172 Fouls After a Try (Try Down) 146 Fouls by Both Teams (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 111 Fouls By Kicking Team (Free Kicks) 115 Fouls By Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 120 Fouls by Team A During Kicks (Enforcement Procedures) 178 Fouls During a Try After a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 146 Fouls During a Try Before a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 145 Fouls During or After a Touchdown, Field Goal or Try (Enforcement Procedures) 178 Frame of the body (Blocking) 60 Free-blocking zone (Blocking) 60 Free Kick at Rest (Free Kicks) 114 Free Kick Caught or Recovered (Free Kicks) 115 Free Kick Formation (Free Kicks) 112 Free Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 67 Free kick out of bounds fouls 237 Free Kick Play (Play Classification) 76 Fumble (Fumble, Muff; Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 64
Game Administration and Sideline Interference (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 166 Game Clock (Timing Devices) 75 Game management and competition authority (Game Personnel) 193 Game Management (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 194 Game Officials (General Provisions) 39 Game Supervision (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 195 General Principle (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 194 Goal Lines and Pylons (Lines) 65 Goal Lines (General Provisions) 39 Goals (The Field) 43
Half-Distance Enforcement Procedures (Enforcement Procedures) 180 Handing the Ball 66 Handing the Ball Forward (The Scrimmage) 131 Hash Marks (Lines) 66 Healthcare practitioners (Medical Provision) 187 Held Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 106 Helmet and Face Mask Fouls (Personal Fouls) 156 Helmet Comes Off - Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 93 Holding and Use of Hands or Arms: Defense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 169 Holding and Use of Hands or Arms: Offense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 168 Holding fouls 237, 238, 260 Horse collar tackle fouls 244 Horse-Collar Tackle (Personal Fouls) 159 How and When Completed (Penalties Completed) 173 How Scored (Field Goal) 146 How Scored (Safety) 147 How Scored (Touchdown) 142 How Scored (Try Down) 143 Hurdling 66 Hurdling (Personal Fouls) 158
Illegal block below the waist fouls 239 Illegal block in the back fouls 239, 260 Illegal Block or Contact (Fair Catch) 125 Illegal Contact and Pass Interference (Forward Pass) 137 Illegal Delay of the Game (Delays/Clock Tactics) 95 Illegal equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 53 Illegal equipment violations 249 Illegal formation 246 Illegal formation fouls 245 Illegal forward handing fouls 249 Illegal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 133 Illegally Kicking a Ball (Batting and Kicking) 172 Illegal motion fouls 247, 259 Illegal substitution fouls 237, 248 Illegal Touching (Forward Pass) 141 Illegal touching fouls 237, 248 Illegal use of hands fouls 239, 260 Illegal Wedge Formation (Free Kicks) 115 Illegal wedge fouls 249 Inbounds Spot (Spots) 72 Incomplete Pass (Forward Pass) 137 Ineligible receiver 246 Ineligible Receiver Downfield (Forward Pass) 140 Ineligible receiver downfield fouls 247 Information provision (Procedures) 185 Initial Impetus (Responsibility and Impetus) 150 Initiating review (Procedures) 185 Injured players (Scope of instant replay) 184 Injury Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 90 Instructions to Stadium Game Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 191 Instructions to Stadium Play Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 191 Intentional grounding fouls 248 Interference with Opportunity (Opportunity to Catch a Kick) 121 Interfering for or Helping the Ball Carrier or Passer (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 168 Interval Fouls (Penalties Completed) 175 Invalid Signal (Fair Catch) 63 Invalid Signals: Catch or Recovery (Fair Catch) 124
Jersey Design, Colour and Numerals (Players and Playing Equipment) 51 Junior players 236 Jurisdiction 181
Kick After Safety (Safety) 149 Kick-catch interference fouls 244 Kicker and Holder (Team and Player Designations) 73 Kicking Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 116 Kicking the Ball; Legal and Illegal Kicks (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 66 Kickoff (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 67
Late Hit, Action Out of Bounds (Personal Fouls) 156 Late hit fouls 242 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 119 Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 132 Legal Substitutions (Substitutions) 98 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Playing Time and Intermissions) 81 Length of Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 93 Leverage and Leaping (Personal Fouls) 157 Liaison with Game Personnel (Game Personnel) 193 Licensed coach (Status of BAFA games) 199 Licensed official (Status of BAFA games) 199 Limit Lines (The Field) 42 Lineman and Back (Team and Player Designations) 73 Line-to-Gain and Down Indicators (The Field) 45 Line to Gain (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 108 Live Ball Becomes Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 102 Live-Ball - Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 174 Live-Ball Fouls by the Same Team (Penalties Completed) 173 Live Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 59 Loose Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 106 Loose Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 59 Loose Behind the Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 119 Loss of down (Down, Between Downs and Loss of Down) 62
Mandatory and Illegal Equipment Enforcement (Players and Playing Equipment) 54 Mandatory equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 50 Markers or Obstructions (The Field) 46 Marking Balls (The Ball) 49 Marking Boundary Areas (The Field) 42 Medical Requirement Administration (Medical Provision) 188 Minimum Medical Requirements (Medical Provision) 187 Minimum Standards for Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 189 Minimum Standards for Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 190 Minimum time for a play after spiking the ball (Playing Time and Intermissions) 85 More than eleven players on the field (Substitutions) 100 Muff (Fumble, Muff; Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 64
Next Play (Field Goal) 146 Next Play (Try Down) 146 Nine-Yard Marks (Lines) 66 No Advance (Fair Catch) 124 No Tackling (Fair Catch) 125
Offensive and Defensive Teams (Team and Player Designations) 73 Offensive pass interference fouls 242 Offensive Team Requirements -- At the Snap (The Scrimmage) 128 Offensive Team Requirements -- Prior to the Snap (The Scrimmage) 127 Officials' Assistants (Game Personnel) 192 Offsetting Fouls (Penalties Completed) 173 Offside fouls 237, 247, 249 Offside on a free kick play (Encroachment and Offside) 69 Offside on a scrimmage play (Encroachment and Offside) 68 Opportunity to Score (Try Down) 144 Optional equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 52 Other rulings (Scope of instant replay) 184 Out of Bounds at Forward Point (Out of Bounds) 107 Out of Bounds (Backward Pass and Fumble) 132 Out of Bounds Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 119 Out of Bounds Between Goal Lines or at Rest Inbounds (Scrimmage Kicks) 119 Out of Bounds Player (Scrimmage Kicks) 120 Out-of-Bounds Spot (Spots) 71
Participant not on roster (Status of BAFA games) 199 Passing (Passes) 69 Pass interference fouls 241, 242 Pass Interference: Summary (Forward Pass) 139 Penalty Declined (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 110 Penalty Resulting in New Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 110 Period between games: officials (Status of BAFA games) 200 Period between games: teams (Status of BAFA games) 200 Personal Foul (Foul and Violation) 64 Persons Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 39 Place Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 67 Planned Loose Ball (The Scrimmage) 131 Play-Clock Count (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 106 Play Clock (Timing Devices) 75 Player Disqualification (Flagrant Fouls) 172 Player Out of Bounds and In Bounds (Team and Player Designations) 75 Player out of bounds fouls 249 Player Out of Bounds (Free Kicks) 115 Player Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 106 Players' Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 50 Player (Team and Player Designations) 73 Player Vacancy (Team and Player Designations) 74 Playing Enclosure (Field Areas) 77 Playing games (Status of BAFA games) 199 Playing Surface (Field Areas) 77 Point of attack 237 Possession (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 60 Possession Series (Series and Possession Series) 71 Possible sanctions (Sanctions) 198 Postscrimmage Kick Enforcement (Enforcement Procedures) 177 Postscrimmage Kick Spot (Spots) 72 Pregame, First and Third Periods (Start of Each Period) 78 Previous Spot (Spots) 71 Procedure for Delaying the Start of a Game (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 196 Procedure for Suspending the Game (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 196 Procedures for Operating Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 190 Procedures for Operating Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 191 Prohibited Field Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 55 Prohibited Signal Devices (Players and Playing Equipment) 55 Public Address Announcers (Miscellaneous) 197 Punt (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 66 Pylons (The Field) 45
Ready for play 257 Receiving Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 116 Recommended Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 49 Referee communication (Players and Playing Equipment) 57 Referee's Notification (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 93 Removing persons from the playing enclosure (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 167 Replaced Player (Team and Player Designations) 74 Requesting a review (Scope of instant replay) 182 Responsibilities 181 Responsibility (Responsibility and Impetus) 150 Restraining Lines (Free Kicks) 112 Restraining Lines (Lines) 65 Result of the Play (Play Classification) 76 Return Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 67 Reviewable plays (Scope of instant replay) 182 Roughing or Running into Kicker or Holder (Personal Fouls) 159 Roughing/running into the kicker fouls 240, 261 Roughing the passer fouls 240 Roughing the Passer (Personal Fouls) 156 Roughing the snapper fouls 243 Rules Decisions Final (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 111 Runner and Ball Carrier (Team and Player Designations) 74 Running Play and Run (Play Classification) 76
Scoring Plays (Value of Scores) 142 Scrimmage Down (Scrimmage) 70 Scrimmage Kick Formation (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 68 Scrimmage Kick (Kicks; Kicking the Ball) 67 Scrimmage Kick Play (Play Classification) 76 Scrimmage Line (Scrimmage) 70 Second and Fourth Periods (Start of Each Period) 78 Security and Access (Changing Facilities) 189 Series (Series and Possession Series) 71 Shift 70 Shift and False Start (The Scrimmage) 126 Sideline interference 253 Sidelines (Lines) 65 Side Zone (Field Areas) 77 Simulating being roughed fouls 252 Simulating other fouls 253 Simultaneous Catch or Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 62 Simultaneous with Snap (Penalties Completed) 173 Snap After a Touchback (Touchback) 149 Snapper (Team and Player Designations) 74 Snapping the Ball 70 Special Enforcement of Post-Possession Fouls (Enforcement Procedures) 180 Specifications: Mandatory Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 50 Specifications (The Ball) 47 Spot of the Foul (Spots) 71 Spot Where Kick Ends (Spots) 72 Spot Where Run Ends (Spots) 72 Squad Member (Team and Player Designations) 74 Starting and Stopping the Clock (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 86 Starting with a Snap (The Scrimmage) 126 Stewards (Game Personnel) 193 Striking Fouls and Tripping (Personal Fouls) 151 Substitute (Team and Player Designations) 74 Substitution Procedures (Substitutions) 98 Succeeding Spot (Spots) 71 Suspending the game (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 88
Tackle Box 77 Take a knee play 254 Targeting 77 Targeting and Making Forcible Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player (Personal Fouls) 152 Targeting and Making Forcible Contact With the Crown of the Helmet (Personal Fouls) 152 Targeting fouls 243 Team Area and Coaching Box (The Field) 43 Team Arrival (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 194 Team B movement and signals fouls 247 Team B personal foul and unsportsmanlike conduct during legal forward pass play (Forward Pass) 141 Team Captains (General Provisions) 39 Teams A and B (Team and Player Designations) 73 Terms and Conditions 262 The Field (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 195 The Field (Field Areas) 76 The Game (General Provisions) 39 The Neutral Zone 68 Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 85 Timing Adjustments (Playing Time and Intermissions) 81 Timing Devices (Playing Time and Intermissions) 83 Touchback 256 Touching and Recovery of a Free Kick; Illegal Touching (Free Kicks) 114 Touching (Fumble, Muff; Batting and Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick) 64 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 119 Two-minute Warning (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 90
Unfair Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 165 Unfair Clock Tactics (Delays/Clock Tactics) 95 Unfair Tactics (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 164 Unnecessary roughness fouls 240, 243, 254 Unsportsmanlike Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 161 Unsportsmanlike conduct fouls 250, 261
Valid Signal (Fair Catch) 63 Violation (Foul and Violation) 64 Violation Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 93
Water Carriers (Game Personnel) 193 Weather (Cancellation, Suspension, Abandonment and Forfeiture of Games) 196 When Ball is Ready for Play (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play) 59 When Declared (Touchback) 149 When to Award Series (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 108 Who May Block (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 167 Winning Team and Final Score (General Provisions) 39
Yard Lines (Lines) 66 Youth players 236
Editor: Jim Briggs, BAFA/BAFRA Rules Committee
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