GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOOTBALL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION 2012 SEASON

PRE-GAME – 30 minutes before kickoff QUARTERS – Four 12-minute periods (Can Shorten) BETWEEN QUARTERS – One minute HALFTIME –10 to 20 minutes (Can Reduce to 10) MANDATORY WARMUP – 3 minutes (Cannot Reduce) OVERTIME INTERMISSION – 3 minutes OVERTIME PERIOD BREAKS – 2 minutes TIME-OUTS – 1 minute (3 per team per half) (1 in OT)

3 MINUTES BEFORE KICKOFF AT MID-FIELD 4 CAPTAINS OF EACH TEAM ALLOWED VISITORS CALL TOSS WINNER’S OPTIONS – Receive or Kick – Choice of Goal to Defend – Defer Options to 2 nd Half LOSER OF TOSS HAS OPTIONS FOR HALF WINNER IS NOT CHOOSING

STARTING A HALF – KICKOFF – Normally at Team K’s 40 yard line STARTING THE 2 ND AND 4 TH QUARTERS – Determined by last play of 1 st and 3 rd Quarters – Play continues except teams change goals. STARTING OVERTIME – COIN TOSS – Choice of Offense, Defense, Goal – SNAP – Normally at Team B’s 10 yard line

FREE KICK – Starts when the kick is touched in the field of play by any player, BUT NOT “first touching of the kick” by Team K. – It may never start in some situations. IF PERIOD BEGINS WITH A SCRIMMAGE PLAY – Starts on the SNAP. OTHER SCRIMMAGE PLAYS – Depends on what happened

Incomplete Forward Pass Ball / Runner is out of bounds Score (or Apparent Score) Touchback Fair Catch is Made End of Period Charged Time-Out Official’s Time-Out Down Ends After a Foul Inadvertent Whistle

Measurement First Down Change of Team Possession Administer Penalty Injury Heat and Humidity Equipment Repair Ball Change Unusual Delay in Making Ball Ready Media Time-Out Break Between Periods Following Try, Field Goal, or Safety Rules Conference Helmet Comes Off Player During Down

DEPENDS ON WHY THE CLOCK WAS STOPPED NON-CHANGE OF POSSESSION DOWNS – Did the play stop the clock, or did we have to stop the clock to do something? If play stopped the clock – START ON SNAP. If we stopped the clock – START ON READY. CHANGE OF POSSESSION DOWNS – 1 st down for either team after legal kick – SNAP – 1 st down for Team B – SNAP – Anything else – Why did the stop clock?

AFTER DELAY OF GAME, START ON SNAP CLOCK NEVER RUNS DURING A TRY TRY MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE CHANGING GOALS AT END OF PERIOD CLOCK STARTS ON SNAP AFTER ANY TEAM CHARGED TIME-OUT IF COACH “LOSES” RULE CONFERENCE AND HAS NO TIME-OUTS, DELAY OF GAME FOUL RULE – Referee can start / stop the clock when team is trying to illegally conserve / consume time

25 SECS TO SNAP / KICK AFTER READY FOR PLAY NOT WEARING EQUIPMENT WHEN BALL IS ABOUT TO COME ALIVE (Straps / Mouthpiece) UNNECESSARY CARRYING BALL / UNPILING AFTER PLAY IS OVER CONSUMING TIME LOSING RULE CONFERENCE & NO TIME-OUTS SNAPPING / KICKING BEFORE READY FOR PLAY OTHER CONDUCT UNDULY PROLONGING GAME 5-YARD PENALTY AT SUCCEEDING SPOT

PERIOD – Clock expires, unless period is extended GAME – No tie games in LHSAA – All Try / PAT downs must be played even if it doesn’t matter OVERTIME – As many periods as needed to break tie. MAKE SURE NO ERRORS OR CONFERENCES

GENERAL RULE – END THE PERIOD CLEAN Accepted Penalties for Live Ball Fouls Treated as Live Ball Fouls Will Extend the Period – Non-player fouls and UNS fouls won’t extend Coach stepping on to field Player taunting someone – Dead ball fouls don’t extend because they don’t occur during a timed down False Start, Encroachment, Late Hits

EXCEPTIONS – LIVE BALL FOULS THAT DON’T EXTEND PERIOD – FOULS THAT USUALLY HAVE A LOSS OF DOWN Illegal Forward Pass, Intentional Grounding, Illegal Handing, Offensive Pass Interference Scores are cancelled and down is not replayed – FOULS RESULTING IN SAFETY BY RULE Team A fouls and enforcement is from its own End Zone – FOULS THAT ARE ENFORCED ON SUBSEQUENT KICKOFF AFTER TOUCHDOWNS

SUBS CAN ENTER BETWEEN DOWNS REPLACED PLAYERS MUST BEGIN LEAVING WITHIN THREE SECONDS REPLACED PLAYERS MUST LEAVE THE FIELD ON THEIR SIDELINE SUB CAN’T LEAVE, AND REPLACED PLAYER CAN’T RETURN UNLESS FOUL OR TIME-OUT ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION DEAD BALL FOUL 5 YARDS – SUCCEEDING SPOT

PLAYER WHO DOESN’T MAKE IT OFF THE FIELD BEFORE THE SNAP BUT DOESN’T PARTICIPATE IN PLAY ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION - LIVE BALL FOUL 5 YARD PENALTY – PREVIOUS SPOT ENTERING SUB DOESN’T MAKE IT TO HIS SIDE OF THE NEUTRAL ZONE BY SNAP OR KICK ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION - LIVE BALL FOUL 5 YARD PENALTY – PREVIOUS SPOT BUT BE READY TO SHUT DOWN IF IT’S A PROBLEM

DURING A DOWN, REPLACED PLAYER OR SUBSTITUTE GOES ON FIELD BUT DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN PLAY ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION – NON-PLAYER FOUL 5 YARD PENALTY – SUCCEEDING SPOT

GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOOTBALL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION 2012 SEASON