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Rules will be strictly inforced by the referees in the Championship Rounds.
* Shaking the box
. Only the defensive team can shake the box
. The box must be shaken before, during (not when the offensive team is passing), or immediately after the play has ended (2 second grace period), and not after the offense has began to pick up his players.
*12 men on the field
.If there is a stray player on the field for either team no where near the line of scrimmage, he can be removed from the field (no penalty), as we say...just pick him up.
.If the offense, or defense has more than 11 men lined up for a set play, there will be a 5 yard penalty flagged against the offending team.
*Offsides
.If a player is more than 3 yards offsides (infraction of the neutral zone), the offending team will be flagged 5 yards.
.Exception - If the opposing coach, or an observer notices that a player is barley offsides, or don't have enough men on the los, he will be instructed to..."just move him up, or back.
*Clocks
.Clocks stop on change of posession
.35 second clock must be started after separation on every play (not fair to the coaches when the game clock runs when there is a delay on starting the 35 second clock.
.If adjustments take too long (QB scramble, after a completed pass, or long run etc
coach must be given a 10 sec countdown. If he takes longer, then the game clock must be stopped.
.If coaches continuously take more than 10 seconds to adjust, the board can be turned on at the refs descression (in critical situations, just stop the clock).
*Kickoffs/Change of Posession
.There will be two 35 second clocks. 35 seconds to get your players on/off, and, 35 seconds to line-up.
.If you don't have all of your players on the field, or have them set up in position, you will have to call time-out in order to get you play set up the way you want it, or run it as is.
*Any player engaged with an offensive lineman can not intercept a pass
.The pass will be considered a batted down ball.
*Fake FG
.You must declare that it is a fake befor the ball is snapped.
.TE's on the los next to the tackles are the only receivers eligible other than the QB/holder (will be determind (QB/holder) at the beginning of the play. If the offense declares a fake, the play will be treated as a regular offensive play. If it is a run, the defense will take the swithch, if it is a pass the offense will keep the switch.
We want to keep playing a gentlemans game, but I think we need to tighten up a little on a few of the criticle rules.