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NFHS Guidelines on Handling Contests During Lightning Disturbances POINT OF EMPHASIS  Lightning kills or seriously injures hundreds of individuals each year.  Need to remind coaches, players, spectators, administrators and officials of the potential seriousness of lightning during football season.  New NFHS Guidelines on Handling Contests During Lightning Disturbances listed on page 97 of the 2009 NFHS Football Rules Book.

Sportsmanship POINT OF EMPHASIS  The NFHS Football Rules Committee has once again made Sportsmanship a point of emphasis for the 2009 football season.  Players, coaches, spectators and officials each play a vital role in the promotion of good sportsmanship.  Acts that focus attention on, or those intended to engender ill will toward individuals have no place in educational activities.

The football jersey rule was revised in 2007 and the implementation date was extended to Football Jerseys Rule 1-5-1c4 (2012)

Legal Football Jerseys 1-5-1c5, 6 (2012)  Legal Football Jerseys – Beginning 2012

Illegal Football Jerseys Rule 1-5-1c5, 6 (2012)  Illegal Football Jerseys – Beginning 2012 A. B. C. D.