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K.T.O. 10 PLAYER TOUCH FOOTBALL RULES
K.T.O. 10 PLAYER TOUCH FOOTBALL RULES:
http://leaguelineup.com/rfl
GAME STANDARDS:
EAR RINGS ARE OK AS LONG AS NOT DANGLING.
NECKLACES MUST BE TUCKED IT.
NO SHARP OBJECTS EXPOSED. EXAMPLES: STUDDED WRIST BANDS,SPIKE COLLARS.ETC.
HATS WITH BILLS MUST BE TURNED AROUND BACKWARDS.
NO METAL CLEATS.IF CAUGHT 15 YARD UNSPORTSMANLIKE PENALTY.MUST CHANGE.
KEEP SIDELINE CLEAN DURING/AFTER GAMES COMPLETION.
LOST EQUIPMENT IS TEAMS RESPONSIBILITY.
THERE WILL BE NO TRASH TALKING.15 YARD UNSPORTSMANLIKE PENALTY/FOREFIT.
CALLING OUT HUT/HIKE ON DEFENSE. 15 YARD UNSPORTSMANLIKE PENALTY.
MUST BE CLEARLY OFF FIELD OF PLAY IF NOT PLAYING.5 YARD PENALTY.
4 CAPTAINS PER TEAM WITH ONE ALTERNATE.
NO DRINKING ALCOHOL,SMOKING POT,ON SIDELINES OR ON GAMEFIELD.EJECTION.
PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK, DO NOT TRY TO HURT OTHERS ,USE BETTER JUDGEMENT.
COACHES MUST BE IN TOTAL CONTROL OF PLAYERS.EJECTED PLAYERS MUST LEAVE.
3 TIMEOUTS PER HALF,2 MINUTE HALF TIME BREAK,1 TIMEOUT PER EACH OVERTIME.
MUST BEGIN A PLAY WITH ALL PLAYERS AT LEAST 7 YARDS FROM SIDELINE,FALSE START 5 YARD PENALTY.
FLOW OF GAME:
GAME IS DIVIDED INTO 4 QUARTERS ( 10 MINUTES PER QUARTER ).
CLOCK WILL RUN NON STOP UNTIL 2 MINUTES LEFT IN 2ND/4TH QUARTERS.
TIMEOUTS PRIOR TO LAST 2 MINUTES IN 2ND/4TH QUARTERS CLOCK DOES NOT STOP.
2 MINUTES AND BELOW IN ONLY THE 2ND/4TH QUARTERS CLOCK STOPS ON: CHANGE POSSESIONS,OUT OF BALANCE,TIME OUTS,SCORES,KICKOFFS OUT OF BALANCE,DROPPED PASSES,REFS TIME,SERIOUS INJURIES.TIME STILL RUNS ON: BAD
SNAPS,PLAYERS QUESTIONING PREVIOUS CALLS.
A BALL CARRIER IS NOT DOWN UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN TWO HAND TOUCHED,WHISTLE BLOWS,BALL IN THEIR POSSESSION TOUCHES THE GROUND,GOES OUT OF BOUNDS,OR IS TOUCHED WHILE ON GROUND.WHEN IN GAMES ENDING KNEE TOUCHES GROUND.IF A BALL CARRIER FALLS DOWN, HE MAY GET BACK UP UNLESS HE WAS TWO HAND TOUCHED WHILE ON THE GROUND.
AWAY TEAM MUST BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A ALTERNATE JERSEY IF NEEDED.
ON A NON TIMEOUT, IF A 11TH PLAYER IS IN THE HUDDLE AND LEAVES THE FIELD OF PLAY WITHOUT CALLING A TIMEOUT TO STOP THE PLAY BEFORE IT GETS CALLED,5 YARD ILLEGAL PARTICIPATION PENALTY WILL BE CALLED.
ALL PLAYERS MUST STAY BEHIND THE TWO SETS OF 20 YARD LINE MARKERS.5 YARD PENALTY WILL BE CALLED WITH OUT QUESTION.
LEAGUE HAS A INTENTIONAL GROUNDING POLICY.QB MUST BE OUTSIDE THE POCKET TO THROW BALL AWAY,WOULD BE RECEIVER IN 5 YARD AREA,BALL MUST TRAVEL AT LEAST BACK TO LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.SACK WILL BE AWARDED AND LOSS OF DOWN.
NO 2 ON 1 BLOCKING AT ANY POINT OF GAME.PINBALL EFFECT(BLOCKING INTO ANOTHER BLOCKER WHO THEN ENGAGES INTO A BLOCKING FORMATION) IS NOT 2 ON 1 BLOCKING.5 YARD PENALTY.
COIN TOSS:
AT LEAST ONE CAPTAIN FROM EACH TEAM MUST BE PRESENT AT COIN FLIP.
AWAY TEAM CAPTAN CALL HEADS OR TAILS IN THE AIR.
WINNER OF COIN TOSS HAS 3 CHOICES. 1) DEFER MAKE CHOICE AT HALFTIME. 2)TAKE THE BALL NOW. 3)CHOOSE TO PLAY DEFENSE BY KICKING TO OTHER TEAM.COIN TOSS LOSER MAY THEN CHOOSE DIRECTION OF BALL.
MAKE SURE OF YOUR CALL.LOSING TEAM AT HALFTIME IS NOT GUARANTEED BALL TO START THE SECOND HALF.ONCE COIN FLIP IS OVER AND CAPTAINS ARE DISMISSED,TEAMS THEN HAVE 2 NINUTES UNTIL KICKOFF TAKES PLACE.DELAYS WILL RESULT IN 5 YARD DELAY OF GAME PENALTIES.
KICKOFFS:
KICKING TEAM KICKS FROM IT'S OWN 40 YARD LINE.
RECEIVING TEAM MUST HAVE 5 PLAYERS AWAITING KICKOFF AT THE 40 YARD LINE.
ONSIDE KICKS ARE ILLEGAL.BALLS KICKED OFF ARE FAIR PLAY IF NOT TOUCHED BY RECEIVING TEAM.EXAMPLE BALL GOES INTO ENDZONE,RECEIVING TEAM DOES NOT DOWN IT,KICKING TEAM MAY TRY TO RECOVER AND RESULT IN SCORE.BEST INTEREST IF RECEIVING TEAM DOWNS BALL EVEN IF IN QUESTION TO COMPLETE THE PLAY IN PROGRESS.
IF A BALL HITS OR BOUNCES OF A PLAYER,PLAY IT LIKE A LIVE BALL UNTILL IT HITS THE GROUND OR PLAY IS OVER.BALL THAT HITS A RECEIVING PLAYER THEN FALLS TO GROUND IS CALLED A MUFF AND IS DEAD AT SPOT OF HITTING GROUND.
BALLS KICKED OUT OF BOUNDS : RECEIVING TEAM HAS 2 CHOICES: TAKE BALL WHERE WENT OUT AT IF PRIOR TO THE 35 YARD LINE OR HAVE FIRST AND 5 AT THE 35 YARD LINE IF IT WENT OUT PAST THE 35 YARD LINE.
BALLS THAT ARE DOWNED IN ENDZONE OR TRAVEL THROUGH THE ENDZONE ARE BROUGHT OUT TO THE 20 YARD LINE.
OFFSIDES ON KICKOFF IS FIVE YARDS REKICK.RECEIVING TEAM CAN DECLINE THE 5 YARD REKICK AND TAKE FIVE YARDS ADDED ON TO THE END OF THE RUN IF PENALTY IS ON KICKING TEAM.
IF UNDER 2 MINUTES IN 2ND/4TH QUARTER BALL GOES OUT OF BOUNDS ,NO TIME IS TAKEN OFF THE GAME CLOCK AS RESULT.EACH GRANTED REKICK WILL TAKE TIME OFF THE CLOCK FROM POINT THE BALL IS STRIKED UNLESS GOING OUT OF BOUNDS.
IT IS COACHES JOB TO ENSURE ALL PLAYERS KNOW THE RULES PRIOR TO AND AFTER KICKOFF OCCURS.LEAGUE WILL NOT GIVE DO OVERS FOR NOT KNOWING THE RULES.
THERE IS NO BLOCKING ALLOWED ON KICKOFFS.10 YARDS FROM SPOT.
SCORING:
1 POINT KICK/RUN/PASS FROM 1 YARD LINE.
2 POINTS SAFETY,RUN/PASS/KICK FROM 3 YARD LINE,TRY AFTER RETURN FOR SCORE.
3 POINTS FIELD GOAL,RUN/PASS/KICK FROM 10 YARD LINE,TRY AFTER RETURN FOR SCORE.
4 POINTS TRY AFTER KICK FROM 20 YARD LINE.TRY AFTER RETURN FOR SCORE.
6 POINTS TOUCHDOWN.
20 POINTS POINTS AWARDED FOR FOREFIT WIN.
FUMBLES:
THEY ARE BLOWN DEAD AT SPOT THEY HIT THE GROUND.PLAY STOPS AT THAT POINT.ONES LOST BUT CAUGHT IN THE AIR,MAY BE RETURNED AND ADVANCED.GAME CLOCK DOES NOT STOP .
BAD SNAPS:
ARE BLOWN DEAD AT SPOT OF TOUCHING THE GROUND.GAME CLOCK DOES NOT STOP RUNNING. GAME OR HALF CAN END ON BAD SNAP.IF BAD SNAP TOUCHES OR GOES THROUGH ENDZONE,SAFETY WILL BE AWARDED.MUST THEN KICK/PUNT FROM OWN 20 YARD LINE.BALL CAN ONLY BE DOWNED BY KICKING TEAM AT THIS POINT NOT RECOVERED.IF GAME CLOCK EXPIRES,MUST BE A KICK/PUNT TO OPPOSSING TEAM.BALLS THAT GO OUT OF BOUNDS WILL BE REKICKED FROM 15 YARD LINE.UPON COMPLETION OF RETURN RESULT, GAME WILL EITHER END OR SCORING TEAM IS GRANTED TRY AFTER .
OFFENSSIVE RULES:
MUST HAVE 5 PLAYERS ON LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AT SNAP.5 YARD PENALTY.
MOTION PLAYER CAN NOT TURN UP FIELD PRIOR TO THE SNAP OF BALL.5 YARD PENALTY.
FLINCHING OR COMING OUT OF STANCE: FALSE START,5 YARD PENALTY.
BLOCKING:LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND BEHIND ONLY.DOWNFIELD BLOCKING RESULTS IN 10 YARD FROM SPOT.BLOCKING FROM WAIST TO SHOULDERS ONLY,15 YARD PENALTY.NO 2 ON 1 BLOCKING AT ANY POINT,5 YARD PENALTY FROM SPOT.
CENTER MUST PLACE BALL ON GROUND.JERKING OF BALL 5 YARD PENALTY.
THERE IS NO FREE BLOCKING ZONE ( MUST BLOCK STRAIGHT UP TO PLAYERS BETWEEN TACKLES AND FROM LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND BEHIND.)NO BLOCKING A PLAYER IN THE BACK IN THIS ZONE UNLESS PLAYER IS SPINNING INTO YOU.REFS CALL.
ALL PLAYERS ARE ELIGABLE.
BLOCKING ON LATERALS BEHIND LINE OF SCRIMMAGE IS LEGAL.
ON BALLS THAT GET TIPPED,EVERYONE HAS RIGHT TO BALL,EXCESSIVE HIT ON PLAY WILL RESULT IN 15 YARD UNSPORTSMANLIKE PENALTY.
BALL CARRIERS KNOW WHEN YOU ARE LEGALLY DOWN.AS MENTIONED IN FLOW OF GAME.
INADVERTANT WHISTLES: TAKE RESULT OF PLAY OR HAVE DOWN OVER.
NO STIFF ARM OR SWATTING AWAY A PLAYERS HAND IN ATTEMPT TO AVOID BEING TOUCHED.5 YARDS FROM END OF PLAY.
SPIKING BALL IN FIELD OF PLAY OUT OF ANGER,15 YARD UNSPORTSMANLIKE PENALTY.
TAUNTING OR SHOWING UP A PLAYER,15 YARD UNSPORTSMANLIKE PENALTY.
3 POINT STANCES ARE LEGAL.COMING OUT PRIOR TO SNAP,FALSE START, 5 YARD PENALTY.
BACKWARDS PASSES/LATERALS ARE LEGAL .IF DROPPED DOWN AT SPOT.
JOINT POSSESSION ALWAYS GOES TO OFFENSE.
ONLY ONE FOOT IN BOUNDS NEEDED FOR LEGAL CATCH OR POSSESSION.
LOWERING SHOULDERS/HEAD BY BALL CARRIER,15 YARD UNSPORTSMANLIKE PENALTY.
ONLY 10PLAYERS IN HUDDLE.5 YARD PENALTY.UNLESS TIMEOUT IS CALLED.
NO HOLDING OR PUSHING OFF A DEFENDER FOR POSITIONING.10 YARD PENALTY.
ONE FORWARD PASS PER DOWN, EVEN IF BEHIND LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.LOSS OF DOWN, 5 YARD PENALTY.
NO YELLING SIDELINE TO SIDELINE.15 YARD PENALTIES/EJECTIONS/GAMES END.
INTENTIONAL TRIPPING A PLAYER.15 YARD UNPORTSMANLIKE PENALTY.
NO CENTER TOUCH AND GO RUN.5 YARD PENALTY.DIRECT SNAPS ARE ALTERNATIVE.
BALL CARRIERS CAN LEAVE THEIR FEET AT ALL TIMES.DIVING OR JUMPING FORWARD IN EFFORT TO ADVANCE THE BALL,15 YARD PENALTY FROM SPOT.
BEAWARE OF INTENTIONAL GROUNDING RULE AS MENTIONED IN FLOW OF GAME.
GAME OR HALF CAN END ON A OFFENSIVE PENALTY,BUT NOT ON DEFENSIVE PENALTY.
MUST KNEEL DOWN IF RUNNING OUT THE CLOCK ,FAILURE WILL RESULT IN 15 YARD PENALTY.
CENTERS HELP BRING LINE OF SCRIMMAGE MARKER UP TO REFS.
TEAMS RETRIEVE YOUR OWNING PLAYING BALLS.NOT REFS OR OTHERS TEAMS JOB.
MUST BEGIN A PLAY WITH EACH PLAYER AT LEAST 7 YARDS IN FROM SIDELINE IN ORDER TO BE DECLARED ELIGABLE.FALSE START,5 YARD PENALTY.
DEFENSIVE RULES:
HOLDING A OFFENSIVE PLAYER AT LINE OF SCRIMMAGE OR BEHIND,10 YARD PENALTY AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN.HOLDING PAST LINE OF SCRIMMAGE WILL RESULT IN SPOT FOUL ,AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN.
GAME CAN NOT END ON DEFENSIVE PENALTY.OFFENSSE IS AWARDED 1 UNTIMED DOWN.
RUSHERS CAN NOT TAUNT ANY PLAYER.5 YARD PENALTY.
ONCE A RUSHER BREAKS THE NEUTRAL ZONE PLAY IS BLOWN DEAD AS SAFETY MEASURE.RUSHER DOES NOT HAVE THE CHANCE TO GET BACK ON HIS SIDE OF BALL.RESULTS IN ENCROACHEMENT 5 YARD PENALTY.
NO DRIVING THROUGH A PLAYER AND SAYING IT WAS PART OF APPLIED TAG.15 YARD UNSPORTSMANLIKE PENALTY.
ROUGHING THE PASSER:15 YARD UNSPORTSMANLIKE PENALTY CAN BE ADDED TO THE END OF A PLAY OR CARRIED OVER TO KICKOFF.INCLUDES:HITTING PASSERS HEAD/ARM/BODY SHOT/FACE GUARDING WITH CONTACT/MORE THAN ONE STEP AFTER BALL IS RELEASED.
TRYING TO STRIP A BALL CARRIER ,15 YARD UNSPORTSMANLIKE PENALTY.
KNOW WHEN A BALL CARRIER IS RULED DOWN. AS MENTIONED IN FLOW OF GAME.
FREE RUSH EVERY PLAY.
LINE UP ON OR BEHIND BALL.NOT REFS JOB TO CONSTANTLY TELL YOU TO GET BACK.
ANY CONTACT AFTER LINE OF SCRIMMAGE IS SPOT FOUL FIRST DOWN.IF BOTH PLAYERS ARE BEING AGGRESSIVE,FEET GET TANGLED UP, FOUL WILL NOT BE CALLED.
FACE GUARDING IS SPOT FOUL FIRST DOWN.
IF YOU PUSH OR MAKE CONTACT TO A WOULD BE BALL CARRIER THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN BOUNDS HAD CONTACT NOT BEEN APPLIED,POSSESSION WILL BE GRANTED AT SPOT OF CONTACT.UNLESS BALL IS RULED VERY UNCATCHABLE,NO CALL.
NO HITTING WOULD BE BLOCKERS HEAD/FACE. 15 YARD UNSPORTSMANLIKE PENALTY .
NO SHOVING OR DRILLING A BALL CARRIER THAT IS NEAR SIDELINES OUT OF BOUNDS.15 YARD UNSPORTSMANLIKE PENALTY AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN.
PUNTS:
NO BLOCKING AT ALL....
ON ALL PUNTS PLAYERS FROM BOTH SIDES MUST REMAIN STILL UNTIL BALL IS KICKED.FALSE START 5 YARD PENALTY.
BAD SNAPS ARE BLOWN DEAD AT SPOT OF HITTING GROUND.
FAIR CATCH AND BE CALLED WITH WAVING OF HAND SIDE TO SIDE.
2 YARD HALO RULE APPLIES.5 YARD PENALTY.
OUT OF BOUNDS PUNTS ARE BLOWN DEAD AT FIRST SPOT GOING OUT AT.
IF PUNT IS BLOCKED,MAY BE ADVANCED BY EITHER SIDE.
PUNTER CAN GIVE UP A SAFETY BY TROWING OR KICKING OUT ENDZONE.SAFETY KICK/PUNT MUST FOLLOW.
BALL ON FIELD WILL BE KICKED UNLESS NEW ONE IS TRHOWN IN.
PUNTS CAN BE ADVANCED BY RECEIVING TEAM AT ALL TIMES UNLESS FIRST TOUCHED BY PUNTING TEAM,EVEN ONES TRAVELING INTO ENDZONE.
FIELD GOALS:
NO RUSH AT ALL.PLAYERS FROM BOTH SIDES MUST STAND STILL UNTIL BALL IS KICKED.DEFENSE CAN JUMP VERICAL TO TRY TO BLOCK BUT NOT FORWARD TO GET A EDGE ON PLAYERS STANDING STILL.5 YARD PENALTY REKICK.
BAD SNAPS ARE BLOWN DEAD AT SPOT .IF FOURTH DOWN BALL GETS TURNED OVER ON DOWNS,IF ANY OTHER NON TRY AFTER TOUCHDOWN BALL IS MARKED BACK AND ANOTHER TRY IS LEGAL UNTIL FOURTH DOWN OR TIME IS ELAPSED.FOR EXAMPLE TEAMS KICKING ON 2ND/3RD DOWN IN CASE OF BAD SNAP TO END A HALF OR GAME.
BLOCKED KICKS ARE LIVE UNLESS BLOWN DEAD FOR HITTING GROUND OR PENALTY IS CALLED.
MISSED KICKS ARE MARKED FROM SPOT BALL WAS KICKED FROM.
FIELD GOALS WILL BE SNAPPED FROM MIDDLE OF FIELD UNLESS ASKED TO MOVE.
FIELD GOALS HITTING POST AND FALLING INTO HANDS OF PLAYER ARE BLOWN DEAD.
IF KICK KNOCKS DOWN FIELD GOAL POST FOR WHATEVER REASON KICK IS GOOD.
CAN BE RETURNED IF CAUGHT IN AIR IF SHORT/BLOCKED AND RETURNED FOR 6 POINTS.
TRY AFTER TOUCHDOWNS:
CAN BE RETURNED FOR EQUAL SCORE OF WHAT OFFENSIVE TEAM WAS GOING FOR.
RETRIEVE YOUR OWN BALLS.
EVEN IF HALF OR GAME IS OVER,SCORING TEAM GETS RIGHT TO TRY AFTER SCORE POINTS.IF GAME IS CLEARLY A BLOW OUT ,NO TRY WILL BE GRANTED.
OVERTIME:
COIN TOSS AGAIN.SAME PROCEDURE AS WAS DONE TO START THE GAME.
EACH TEAM GETS EQUAL CHANCE FROM 25 YARD LINE TO SCORE.TEAMS WILL BE AWARDED A FIRST DOWN AND GOAL ONCE THEY HAVE CROSSED THE 25 UNLESS SCORE HAPPENS OR FIELD GOAL TRY .MISSED FIELD GOALS OR FAILURE TO SCORE RESULTS IN OTHER TEAM GETTING THE BALL AT THE 25 YARD LINE.SAME RULES APPLY.
IF BOTH TEAMS SCORE SAME AMOUNT OF POINTS OR NONE AT ALL,ADDITIONAL OVERTIME PERIOD WILL FOLLOW.ORDER OF WHO HAS THE BALL FIRST REVERSES WITH EACH OVERTIME PERIOD.PLAY UNTIL THERE IS A WINNER.
EACH TEAM WILL BE GRANTED 1 TIMEOUT PER OVERTIME PERIOD.
FIGHTING:
THE LEAGUE HAS A ZERO TOLERANCE FOR FIGHTING.IF YOU FIGHT AND IT IS PROVEN YOU STARTED IT OR YOU JOINED IN,YOU WILL BE TOSSED FROM THE LEAGUE NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
TEAMS THAT WISH TO TRY TO FIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PART OF THIS LEAGUE FULLY, WILL BE TOSSED WITH NO MONEY REFUNDED OR AWARDS GIVEN OUT.IF A PLAYER ON THAT TEAM WISHES TO CONTINUE WITHOUT BEING ON THAT TEAM AND IS PROVEN NOT TO BE A FIGHTER,IT IS SOLELY UP TO MR.REED ON THAT PLAYERS CHANCES OF PLAYING AGAIN.TEAMS THAT GET TOSSED WILL NOT BE ASKED TO COME BACK FOR FUTURE K.T.O. EVENTS.
THANK YOU TO ALL PLAYERS AND TEAMS FOR MAKING K.T.O. YOUR CHOICE FOR TOUCH FOOTBALL IN COLUMBUS,OHIO.- MR.REED
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