The MEFA rules where some of what I learned first, and that was a great set. It's a good simple set that people could pick up quickly. But the game has moved on from there and some of the additions we've seen from Pennsylvania and the midwest and the west and Texas all ought to be considered.
I don't know if it's possible to build a rules set that somehow brings in a portion of every major league's rules in the country. I think if we try and do that, we're never actually going to get it off the ground, because people have to realize that it's just not possible to please everyone in this situation.
There are a few basic questions that have to be answered first:
* Will games be timed or be based on a set number of plays?
* How to handle passing? Turn and burn ... Attack passing ... pass placement, etc. A hybrid?
* Single stop or multi-stop?
* Front-of-base tackling or any touch?
* Implementation of dice and if so, for what?
These are kind of the super 5 that we are facing. Work these out, and the rest of the rules set will just about craft itself.
I thought we had good rules in BMEFA (turn and burn, FOB tackling on running plays, 18 plays per half), but clearly they weren't for everybody, since we aren't playing this fall. I'm not the biggest fan of Attack Passing, but I'm not going to boycott if that's what the majority chooses. I haven't played in a "box" league yet, but would like to, so if we go that way, it's fine by me.
Ed
