10-second Subtraction from Game Clock (Delays) 77 15-yard penalties (5 on 5 football) 184 30-second clock (5 on 5 football) 181 Access to Officials (Miscellaneous) 173 Additional penalties as a result of an appeal (Penalties) 19 Administration and Enforcement (The Ball) 39 After the Ball is Snapped (Backward Pass and Fumble) 107 Age groups (Status of BAFA games) 177 All Become Eligible (Scrimmage Kicks) 94 Appointments (Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings) 23 Approved Ruling and Officials' Signals 48 At Rest (Backward Pass and Fumble) 108 Authority for competitions to impose sanctions (Sanctions) 174 Backward passes and handoffs (5 on 5 football) 182 BAFA game (Status of BAFA games) 176 Ball Declared Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 80 Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 82 Ball Ready for Play (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 81 Basic principles 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Basic Spot (Spots) 60 Batting a Backward Pass (Batting and Kicking) 144 Batting a Loose Ball (Batting and Kicking) 143 Batting Ball in Possession (Batting and Kicking) 144 Batting (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 53 Behind the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 93 Belongs To (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 50 Below Waist (Blocking) 49 Between Downs (Down and Between Downs) 51 Beyond the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 93 Blitz (5 on 5 football) 180 Blocking a Scrimmage Kick (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 53 Blocking Below the Waist (replacement for rule 9-1-2-e) (Junior Football) 179 Blocking (Blocking) 49 Blocking Zone (Blocking) 50 Block in the Back (Blocking) 49 Boundary Lines (Lines) 54 Catchable Forward Pass (Passes) 57 Catch, Interception, Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 50 Catch or Recovery by Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 95 Catch or Recovery by Receiving Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 95 Caught or Recovered (Backward Pass and Fumble) 107 Ceremonies (Miscellaneous) 173 Change of possession (5 on 5 football) 184 Changing Rooms (Changing Facilities) 166 Charged Team Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 73 Chop Block (Blocking) 49 Clipping 51 Coaches' Certification (Players and Playing Equipment) 45 Coaches' Phones (Players and Playing Equipment) 46 Code of conduct (Basic principles) 13 Competition Notification (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 173 Complete Pass (Forward Pass) 111 Contacting an Official (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 138 Contact Interference (Forward Pass) 116 Continuity of Downs Broken (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 85 Controlled scrimmage (Status of BAFA games) 176 Criterion for Reversal (Reversing an On-Field Ruling) 165 Crosses Neutral Zone (Passes) 57 Dead Ball and Loose Ball (Reviewable Plays) 159 Dead Ball Becomes Alive (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 80 Dead-ball fouls (5 on 5 football) 184 Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 148 Dead-Ball Spot (Spots) 59 Dead Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 48 Dead Where Caught (Fair Catch) 98 Defenceless player (Team and Player Designations) 62 Defensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 105 Definition of coach (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 176 Delaying the Start of a Half (Delays) 76 Determining the Enforcement Spot (Enforcement Procedures) 149 Dimensions (The Field) 32 Disqualified Player (Team and Player Designations) 62 Down (Down and Between Downs) 51 Downs (5 on 5 football) 182 Drop Kick (Kicks) 55 During Live Ball (Backward Pass and Fumble) 107 Eligibility Gained or Regained (Forward Pass) 110 Eligibility Lost by Going Out of Bounds (Forward Pass) 110 Eligibility to touch a forward pass (5 on 5 football) 183 Eligibility to Touch Legal Pass (Forward Pass) 110 Encroachment (Encroachment and Offside) 56 End Lines (Lines) 53 End Zones (Field Areas) 63 Enforcement On Try Down (5 on 5 football) 185 Enforcement Spots (Enforcement Procedures) 149 Enforcement Spot (Spots) 59 Equipment (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 163 Extension of Periods (Playing Time and Intermissions) 68 Extra periods (5 on 5 football) 185 Extra Periods (Start of Each Period) 65 Fair Catch (Fair Catch) 52 Field Goal Attempt (Kicks) 56 Field of Play (Field Areas) 63 Field Surface (The Field) 38 Fighting 144, 145, 64 First and Third Periods (Start of Each Period) 65 Flagrant Fouls (Contact and Interference Fouls) 128 Forced Touching Disregarded (Free Kicks) 91 Forced Touching Disregarded (Scrimmage Kicks) 94 Forfeited Games (Value of Scores) 118 Forward and Backward Pass (Passes) 57 Forward, Beyond (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 52 Forward passes (5 on 5 football) 183 Forward Pass Play (Play Classification) 63 Forward Progress (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 84 Forward Progress (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 52 Foul After Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 86 Foul Before Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 86 Foul Between Downs (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 87 Foul Between Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 87 Foul During Free Kick Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 86 Foul (Foul and Violation) 52 Fouls After a Try (Try Down) 122 Fouls by Both Teams (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 87 Fouls By Kicking Team (Free Kicks) 91 Fouls By Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 97 Fouls by Team A During Kicks (Enforcement Procedures) 153 Fouls During a Try After a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 122 Fouls During a Try Before a Change of Team Possession (Try Down) 121 Fouls During or After a Touchdown, Field Goal or Try (Enforcement Procedures) 153 Fouls Not Called (Flagrant Personal Fouls) 145 Frame (of the Body) (Blocking) 50 Free Kick at Rest (Free Kicks) 91 Free Kick Caught or Recovered (Free Kicks) 91 Free Kick Formation (Free Kicks) 89 Free Kick (Kicks) 55 Free Kick Play (Play Classification) 63 Fumble (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 53 Game Administration Interference (Contact and Interference Fouls) 135 Game clock (5 on 5 football) 181 Game Clock (Timing Devices) 62 Game Management (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 171 Game regulations 16, 17, 18 Game Stop (Initiating the Replay Process) 163 Game Supervision (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 171 General principle (5 on 5 football) 179 General Principle (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 170 General Principle (Junior Football) 179 General principles (Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings) 21 Goal Lines (General Provisions) 31 Goal Lines (Lines) 53 Goals (5 on 5 football) 180 Goals (The Field) 35 Half-distance (5 on 5 football) 184 Half-Distance Enforcement Procedures (Enforcement Procedures) 155 Handing the Ball 54 Handing the Ball Forward (The Scrimmage) 106 Held Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 82 How and When Completed (Penalties Completed) 146 How Scored (Field Goal) 122 How Scored (Safety) 124 How Scored (Touchdown) 118 How Scored (Try Down) 119 Hurdling 55 Illegal Block or Contact (Fair Catch) 100 Illegal Contact and Pass Interference (Forward Pass) 113 Illegal Delay of the Game (Delays) 76 Illegal equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 44 Illegal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 108 Illegal Interference (Contact and Interference Fouls) 134 Illegally Kicking a Ball (Batting and Kicking) 144 Illegal Touching (Forward Pass) 117 Illegal Wedge Formation (Free Kicks) 91 Inbounds Lines (Hash Marks) (Lines) 54 Inbounds Spot (Spots) 59 Incident reports (Game regulations) 17 Incomplete Pass (Forward Pass) 112 Ineligible Downfield (Forward Pass) 117 Initial Impetus (Responsibility and Impetus) 126 Initiating Contact/Targeting an Opponent (Contact and Interference Fouls) 132 Initiating Contact/Targeting an Opponent (Flagrant Personal Fouls) 145 Injury Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 74 In Possession (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 50 Instructions to Stadium Game Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 168 Instructions to Stadium Play Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 168 Interference with Opportunity (Opportunity to Catch a Kick) 97 Interfering for or Helping the Ball Carrier or Passer (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 139 Interval Fouls (Penalties Completed) 149 Invalid Signal (Fair Catch) 52 Invalid Signals (Fair Catch) 99 Jersey Colour and Design (Players and Playing Equipment) 43 Jurisdiction (Basic principles) 14 Kick After Safety (Safety) 125 Kicker and Holder (Team and Player Designations) 61 Kicking Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 92 Kickoff (Kicks) 55 Kicks (5 on 5 football) 181 Kicks (Reviewable Plays) 160 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Kicks) 55 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 96 Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 108 Legal Substitutions (Substitutions) 78 Length of Periods (amendment to rule 3-2-1) (Junior Football) 179 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 176 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Playing Time and Intermissions) 68 Length of Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 75 Liaison with Game Personnel (Game Personnel) 170 Licenced coach (Status of BAFA games) 177 Licenced official (Status of BAFA games) 177 Limitations on Reviewable Plays (Reviewable Plays) 161 Limit Lines (The Field) 34 Lineman and Back (Team and Player Designations) 61 Line to gain (5 on 5 football) 180 Line-to-Gain and Down Indicators (The Field) 37 Line to Gain (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 84 Live Ball Becomes Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 80 Live-Ball - Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 148 Live-ball fouls (5 on 5 football) 184 Live-Ball Fouls by the Same Team (Penalties Completed) 146 Live Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 48 Location (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 163 Loose Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 48 Loose Behind the Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 96 Loss of down (Down and Between Downs) 51 Mandatory and Illegal Equipment Enforcement (Players and Playing Equipment) 44 Mandatory equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 41 Markers and Obstructions (The Field) 37 Marking Balls (The Ball) 40 Marking Boundary Areas (The Field) 33 Medical Requirement Administration (Medical Provision) 47 Minimum Medical Requirements (Medical Provision) 46 Minimum Standards for Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 166 Minimum Standards for Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 167 Miscellaneous (Reviewable Plays) 161 More than eleven players on the field (Substitutions) 79 Muff (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 53 Next Play (Field Goal) 123 Next Play (Try Down) 122 Nine-Yard Marks (Lines) 54 No Advance (5 on 5 football) 182 No Advance (Fair Catch) 99 North-South Line (Lines) 54 No-run zone (5 on 5 football) 181 No Tackling (Fair Catch) 100 Not Outside an Inbounds Line (The Scrimmage) 101 Numbering and formations (5 on 5 football) 183 Offensive and Defensive Teams (Team and Player Designations) 60 Offensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 101 Officials' Assistants (Game Personnel) 169 Offsetting Fouls (Penalties Completed) 146 Offside (Encroachment and Offside) 56 Opportunity to Score (Try Down) 119 Optional equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 43 Out of Bounds at Forward Point (Out of Bounds) 83 Out of Bounds (Backward Pass and Fumble) 108 Out of Bounds Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 95 Out of Bounds Between Goal Lines or at Rest Inbounds (Scrimmage Kicks) 95 Out of Bounds Player (Scrimmage Kicks) 97 Out-of-Bounds Spot (Spots) 59 Participation (Eligibility for Instant Replay) 157 Passer (Team and Player Designations) 61 Passes (Reviewable Plays) 158 Passing (Passes) 57 Penalties 18, 19, 20, 21 Penalties for disqualification from a game (Penalties) 18 Penalties for other breaches (Penalties) 19 Penalties for roster form breaches (Penalties) 19 Penalty Declined (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 86 Penalty enforcement (5 on 5 football) 184 Penalty Resulting in First Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 86 Period between games (Status of BAFA games) 178 Personal fouls (5 on 5 football) 184 Personnel (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location) 162 Persons Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 32 Persons Subject to the Rules Restrictions (Contact and Interference Fouls) 128 Philosophy (Purpose and Philosophy) 157 Place Kick (Kicks) 55 Planned Loose Ball (The Scrimmage) 107 Play-Clock Count (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 82 Play Clock (Timing Devices) 62 Player Ejection (Flagrant Personal Fouls) 145 Player Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 82 Player Restrictions (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 142 Player's Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 40 Player (Team and Player Designations) 61 Player Vacancy (Team and Player Designations) 62 Playing Enclosure (Field Areas) 64 Playing games (Status of BAFA games) 177 Playing Surface (Field Areas) 64 Playing time (5 on 5 football) 181 Possession Series (Series and Possession Series) 59 Possible sanctions (Sanctions) 174 Postscrimmage Kick Enforcement (Enforcement Procedures) 152 Postscrimmage Kick Spot (Spots) 60 Previous Spot (Spots) 59 Principles of natural justice (Basic principles) 15 Procedure for Delaying the Start of a Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 172 Procedure for Suspending the Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 172 Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings 21, 22, 23 Procedures for Operating Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 167 Procedures for Operating Play Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 168 Procedures for reviewing cases (Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings) 22 Procedures (Reviewing an On-field Ruling) 164 Prohibited Field Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 45 Prohibited Signal Devices (Players and Playing Equipment) 45 Pro tem suspension (Penalties) 21 Public Address Announcers (Miscellaneous) 173 Punt (Kicks) 55 Purpose (Purpose and Philosophy) 157 Putting the ball in play (5 on 5 football) 182 Pylons (The Field) 36 Receiving Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 92 Recommended Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 40 Referee microphone (Players and Playing Equipment) 46 Referee's Notification (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 75 Registration and rosters (Game regulations) 16 Relocated by penalty (5 on 5 football) 184 Removing persons from the field (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 175 Replaced Player (Team and Player Designations) 62 Responsibilities 156 Responsibility (Responsibility and Impetus) 126 Restraining Lines (Free Kicks) 89 Restraining Lines (Lines) 54 Restrictions (Reviewing an On-field Ruling) 165 Return Kick (Kicks) 56 Rosters (5 on 5 football) 185 Roughing or Running into Kicker or Holder (Contact and Interference Fouls) 133 Rules Decisions Final (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 88 Runner and Ball Carrier (Team and Player Designations) 61 Running Play (Play Classification) 63 Scope and definitions (Basic principles) 12 Scoring (5 on 5 football) 183 Scoring Plays (amendment to rule 8-1-1) (Junior Football) 179 Scoring Plays (Reviewable Plays) 157 Scoring Plays (Value of Scores) 118 Scrimmage Kick Formation (Kicks) 56 Scrimmage Kick (Kicks) 56 Scrimmage Kick Play (Play Classification) 63 Scrimmage Line (Scrimmage) 58 Scrimmage (Scrimmage) 58 Second and Fourth Periods (Start of Each Period) 65 Security and Access (Changing Facilities) 166 Series (Series and Possession Series) 59 Shift 58 Shifts and False Starts (The Scrimmage) 104 Sidelines (Lines) 53 Side Zone (Field Areas) 64 Simultaneous Catch or Recovery (Catch, Recovery, Possession) 51 Simultaneous with Snap (Penalties Completed) 146 Snap After a Touchback (Touchback) 126 Snapper (Team and Player Designations) 61 Snapping the Ball 58 Specifications: Mandatory Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 42 Specifications (The Ball) 38 Specific principles for appeals (Procedures for BAFA disciplinary and appeal proceedings) 22 Sportsmanship (5 on 5 football) 185 Spot of the Foul (Spots) 59 Spot Where Kick Ends (Spots) 60 Spot Where Run Ends (Spots) 59 Squad Member (Team and Player Designations) 62 Starting and Stopping the Clock (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 71 Starting with a Snap (The Scrimmage) 101 Start of each half (5 on 5 football) 181 Status of the BAFA Disciplinary Code (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 175 Stewards (Game Personnel) 170 Substitute (Team and Player Designations) 62 Substitution Procedures (Substitutions) 78 Succeeding Spot (Spots) 59 Supervision (5 on 5 football) 180 Supervision (General Provisions) 31 Suspending the game (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 73 Suspensions (Penalties) 20 Tackle Box 64 Team Area and Coaching Box (The Field) 34 Team Arrival (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 171 Team Captains (General Provisions) 31 Teams A and B (Team and Player Designations) 60 Teams Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 32 Terms and Conditions 203 The ball (5 on 5 football) 180 The field (5 on 5 football) 180 The Field (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 171 The Field (Field Areas) 63 The game (5 on 5 football) 179 The Game (General Provisions) 31 The Neutral Zone 56 Tiebreaker procedures (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 175 Timeouts (5 on 5 football) 182 Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 70 Timing Adjustments (Playing Time and Intermissions) 68 Timing devices (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 176 Timing Devices (Playing Time and Intermissions) 69 Touching and Recovery of a Free Kick (Free Kicks) 90 Touching (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 53 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Free Kicks) 91 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 95 Tripping (exception to Rules 2-28 and 9-1-2-c) (Junior Football) 179 Unfair Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 138 Unfair Clock Tactics (Delays) 77 Unfair Tactics (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 137 Unsportsmanlike Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls) 135 Use of Hands or Arms by Defense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 141 Use of Hands or Arms by Offense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 139 Valid Signal (Fair Catch) 52 Violation (Foul and Violation) 52 Violation Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock) 75 Water Carriers (Game Personnel) 170 Weather (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 172 When Ball is Loose (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 142 When Ball is Ready for Play (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 48 When Declared (Touchback) 125 When to Award Series (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 84 When to Stop a Game (Initiating the Replay Process) 164 Who May Block (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms) 138 Winning Team and Final Score (General Provisions) 31 Yard Lines (Lines) 54
Editor: Jim Briggs, BAFA/BAFRA Rules Committee
rules@britishamericanfootball.org