officials ample room to work. If the restricted area is not clearly delineated or not enforced by
game administration, coaches or game officials, individuals in the restricted area are at risk
for injury during or after a play.
• Coaches are encouraged to instruct team personnel of the parameters and boundaries of the
team box, and to effectively communicate the requirements to always stay in the team box.
Coaches are also required to remain outside the restricted area when the ball is live, and no
more than three coaches are in the coaches’ area when the ball is dead.
• Coaches are not allowed on the field to call plays.
➢ Overtime:
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In the event the 2nd half ends in a tie, overtime will commence.
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A coin toss shall decide who receives the ball first.
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Winner of the coin toss can choose to be on offense first, defense first or choose the end
of the field that overtime will be played on. The loser of the toss shall exercise the
remaining option for the first extra period and shall have the first choice of options for
subsequent even-numbered extra periods.
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Each team will receive one (1) time out per overtime period.
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Teams will alternate possessions, starting at the 20-yard line. The line to gain is
always the goal line regardless of whether a penalty enforcement places the ball
more than 20 yards from the goal line to start a new series of downs.
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Teams may go for 1 or 2 points after a touchdown is scored.
➢
Each team will have at least one possession during each over time unless B scores first. If team A
scores first, team B will be given a series of down from their 20-yard
➢
Unfair Acts:
• The Referee has much latitude in handling obviously unfair acts during a game. This would
include situations that arise when a team commits a blatant and obvious intentional foul or fouls
to gain a clock advantage late in a game. We should treat these intentional fouls as
Unsportsmanlike Conduct fouls. Each player committing these unsportsmanlike acts will have a
counted unsportsmanlike conduct foul, with 2 unsportsmanlike conduct fouls by a single player
or coach resulting in disqualification. The following is a list some other potential intentional
fouls that could be committed during the game:
• A player or nonplayer or person(s) not subject to the rules shall not hinder play by an unfair act
which has no specific rule coverage.
• No team shall repeatedly commit fouls which halve the distance to the goal line.
• No player shall hide the ball under the jersey.
• Neither team shall commit any act which, in the opinion of the Referee, tends to make a travesty
of the game.
➢
Mercy Rule:
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If the point deficit is 21 points or more in the second half, a running clock will be
utilized.
➢
Protest:
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There are no protests.
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All referee decisions are final.
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Interceptions during overtime remain live and can be returned for a touchdown by the
intercepting team.
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A winner must be determined (No ties).
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Fouls During a Point After Touchdown or in Overtime After a Change of Team
Possession: