[eflfanatic]

I have to agree with Reggie's first post that started this thread. You have to be careful when streamling rules. As the chairman of the MFCA rules committee, I make it a point to read and study all available rule sets for playing the game. Some are very good and some leave way too much open which some coaches will use to their advantage. (I am quilty of that myself).

When writing rules you try to cover every situation, but inevitably something will get missed or left out.

Most people who play the game are familiar with the rules of football but it takes more explananiton to describe all the differnet ways that people have come up with to play electric football.

Many rule sets include statements such as the following:


RULE #1: Just because the rules do not say you can not do it, that does not mean you can do it. It is humanly impossible to have every possible scenario covered in text. If the rules do not say you can specifically do it then you can not do it unless you get prior and specific permission to do so before trying to implement it on the playing field. Anything not covered in the rules will be handled by the officials within the spirit of the rules.

or some similar disclaimer statement.

Again there's no way to cover every situation but you also have to know the rules you are playing under. I have seen too many coaches come to play a game and haven't even read the rules.

In my opinion this is just another argument for the need for a universal or one rule set.